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Researchers Store Movie, Malware, and Computer OS Inside DNA Molecules

Scientists from the Data Science Institute at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) published new research this week detailing a new data storage technique that leverages DNA molecules to store digital information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/researchers-store-movie-malware-and-computer-os-inside-dna-molecules/
SHA1 Collision Attack Can Serve Backdoored Torrents to Track Down Pirates

A theoretical scenario that leverages the SHA1 collision attack disclosed recently by Google can serve backdoored BitTorrent files that execute code on the victim's machine, deliver malware, or alert copyright owners when their software has been pirated. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sha1-collision-attack-can-serve-backdoored-torrents-to-track-down-pirates/
Poachers Hack GPS Trackers, Extract Metadata from Public Photos to Hunt Animals

A report published in the Conservation Biology magazine cites several incidents gathered from all over the world in the past years, where technologies introduced to simplify the work of animal protection groups and state authorities have been hijacked or turned against the animals they were meant to protect. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/poachers-hack-gps-trackers-extract-metadata-from-public-photos-to-hunt-animals/
Multiple Unpatched Vulnerabilities Discovered in Western Digital NAS Hard Drives

Multiple Western Digital MyCloud Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices are affected by several security flaws, varying in severity, that allow attackers to bypass authentication, execute code on the device, and upload or download user data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/multiple-unpatched-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-western-digital-nas-hard-drives/
The Dark Web Has Shrunk by 85%

The number of Dark web services has gone down significantly following the Freedom Hosting II hack that took place at the start of February, and is only around 4,400 services, according to a recently published OnionScan report. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-dark-web-has-shrunk-by-85-percent/
Shamoon Disk-Wiping Malware Upgraded with Ransomware Module

The Shamoon disk-wiping malware has received a major upgrade during the past few months, and now features a ransomware module, along with support for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, researchers from Kaspersky Lab revealed on Monday. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shamoon-disk-wiping-malware-upgraded-with-ransomware-module/
Vault 7: CIA Developed 24 Decoy Applications to Spy on Targets

Along the tens of hacking tools dumped today by WikiLeaks claiming to belong to the CIA, there was one that was different from the others. Named "Fine Dining," this isn't a zero-day exploit or vulnerability like most, but a collection of malware-laced applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vault-7-cia-developed-24-decoy-applications-to-spy-on-targets/