first infected humans with a computer virus
"For the first time that a person is infected by a computer virus. The scientist Mark Gasson now has the ability to electronically secured doors with bare hands to open.
"We define a computer" virus "as a program that other programs" infect "can, giving them much changed in that they have a - possibly modified - Copy of". "Contain" the virus so circumscribed computer Fred Cohen 26 years ago, a previously unknown problem with a networked world. Up to now the definition of such a hostile program as a "virus" - note the quotation marks Cohen's - or as a metaphor borrowed from biology. Yesterday, however, has been infected for the first time a person with a computer virus.
in good faith. The British scientist Mark Gasson could be a chip implanted in his hand, which allows him to open electronically secured doors and boot up his cell phone. In the experiment could prove Gasson now that he can transfer "his" virus on the interacting systems with him. Thus, if medical implants such as pacemakers and cochlear hearing more intelligent if they can technically-chips could use or whether to increase memory performance, or if only as with virtual currency charged VIP ticket for a club, as happened in Barcelona three years ago - if we so more and more digital connections to the outside world have internalized, we can continue to infect each door. Without, as the bio-virus to affect their catch.
worse: Think of it a thousand wireless networks, which we pass through the city walk, each a potential virus stove, one would think that Doctor Gasson here has discovered a profound source of danger. One could also generalize: Switch metaphors from literal to figurative, is always imminent danger. "
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I think the message simultaneously scary and exciting. This scientist is also working still at the University of Reading ...
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"University of Reading researcher Mark Gasson has become the first human known to be infected by a computer virus.
The virus, infecting a chip implanted in Gasson's hand, passed into a laboratory computer. From there, the infection could have spread into other computer chips found in building access cards. All this was intentional, in an experiment to see how simple radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips like those used for tracking animals can host and spread technological diseases.
The research from the British university shows that as implantable bionic devices such as pacemakers get more sophisticated in the years ahead, their security and the safety of the patients whose lives depend on them will become increasingly important, said Gasson.
Gasson had a relatively simple chip implanted in the top of his left hand near his thumb last year. It emits a signal that is read by external sensors, allowing him access to the Reading laboratory and for his cell phone to operate. He and his colleagues created a malicious code for the chip. When the lab's sensors read the code, the code inserted itself into the building computer database that governs who has access to the premises.
"The virus replicates itself through the database and potentially could copy itself onto the access cards that people use," Gasson said.
The experiment showed that implants which wirelessly communicate with other computers can infect them and vice versa.
Gasson said he knows of no instances to date of bionic devices having been contaminated by computer viruses. But the threat will grow with the number and complexity of these devices.
Besides pacemakers for people with heart trouble, other modern bionic devices include cochlear implants for the hearing impaired and deep brain stimulators — a "brain pacemaker" — for neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease."
abridged quote from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37360942/
This news both scares and excites me. And the scientist is from Reading U!
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