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Malware may trick biologists into generating dangerous toxins in their labs – Help Net Security
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack, which may trick biologists into generating dangerous toxins in their labs, has been discovered.
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack, in which unwitting biologists may be tricked into generating dangerous toxins in their labs, has been discovered by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers.
Malware could replace physical contact
According to a paper, it is currently believed that a criminal needs to have physical contact with a dangerous substance to produce and deliver it. However, malware could easily replace a short sub-string of the DNA on a bioengineers computer so that they unintentionally…
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