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MyHeritage, an Israeli-based genealogy and DNA testing company, disclosed today that a security researcher found on the Internet a file containing the email addresses and hashed passwords of more...

Maybe not DNA, but biological somethings. "Cause of Cambrian explosion -- Terrestrial or Cosmic?": Abstract: We review the salient evidence consistent with or predicted by the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe...

Cisco has released a list of security advisories including three critical flaws in Cisco DNA Center that could allow an attacker to seize complete administrative control.

Cisco has found and patched three critical unauthorized access vulnerabilities in its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) platform. Cisco DNA is a solution that helps enterprises automate network...

Switchzilla scrambles out patches for trio of nasty flaws Cisco has issued updates to address a trio of critical vulnerabilities in its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center appliance.…

If one of your relatives uploads their DNA data, much of yours goes with it.

One of the common ways to hack a computer is to mess with its input data. That is, if you can feed the computer data that it interprets -- or misinterprets -- in a particular way, you can trick...

Civil libertarians tell Ars they’re worried about “mass surveillance expansion.”

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more...

Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to create synthetic DNA strands containing malicious computer code that, if sequenced and analyzed, could compromise a computer. The main goal of...