Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software

Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by cowpatcallr on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:59PM (#14985500)

A friend showed me that one of those NCIS crime shows already did this.

https://www.themarysue.com/malware-uploaded-from-bone-bones/

Malware is 3d printed on to a bone they scan in or something.

Reality imitating art I guess.

What a world we live in.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by djsumdog on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:52PM (#14986474)

Or the Season 3 primer of Rick and Morty where Rick invents a fictional backstory with the secret the federation was looking for replaced with exploit code.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by microcolonel on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:51PM (#14986041)

> we see a character’s computer burst into flames

If we can just get malware that can prompt a personal computer to burst into flames.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by stephengillie on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:05PM (#14986099)

With thermal throttling, simply stopping the fans and running processors at 100% may not be enough to HCF anymore.

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by nayuki on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:16PM (#14986343)

The infamous old video from Tom's Hardware Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI "What happens when the CPU cooler is removed?"

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by NegativeLatency on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:03PM (#14986089)

You could hop from the PC to something like a PLC and sabotage an industrial process (like stuxnet)

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Re:Malware Encoded in DNA Can Hack Gene-Sequencing Software by njbooher on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:17PM (#14986349)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Ne...

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