MIT researcher "paints" cyber threats Alex Dragulescu loves to give a visual identity to something that has no real physical form; computer viruses... with some rather intriguing, and eye pleasing, results. "I think there is beauty in their complexity," Dragulescu said at a gallery debut of his work in San Francisco. "These types of threats are very smart. Very intelligent in design. Digital organisms, really, that adapt themselves and replicate. We ... Read full entry

Number of computer viruses tops one million Some other interesting statistics have also come to light according to a report on computer security, compiled by Symantec. The US was still by far the greatest contributor to the pool of malicious software infecting the world's computers, accounting for 24 per cent of such activity. Madrid, meanwhile, was the city with the highest number of so-called "zombie" computers - machines that have ... Read full entry