TechCrunch

Malicious code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it

In a mind-boggling world first, a team of biologists and security researchers have successfully infected a computer with a malicious program coded into a strand of DNA. It sounds like science fiction, ...
HotHardware

Malicious Code Inside Strand Of DNA Used to Infect Computer

A team of scientists from the University of Washington have figured out how to infect a computer using malicious code inside DNA. This attack vector isn't aimed at your everyday PC sitting on your ...
SiliconANGLE

Scientists code malware into DNA that takes over computers scanning it

A team of researchers from the University of Washington has given a new meaning to the term computer virus by coding malware directly into a DNA strand. The research team presented a paper outlining ...
ExtremeTech

Researchers Write Malicious Code Into DNA, Infect the Computer That Reads It

From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong department: Scientists have now managed to write executable code into DNA that is theoretically capable of infecting the computer that reads it. It was only a ...