Sunday, January 5, 2014

Yahoo users exposed to malware attack

Yahoo.com visitors over the last few days may have been served with malware via the Yahoo ad network, according to Fox IT, a security firm in the Netherlands. Users visiting pages with the malicious ads were redirected to sites armed with code that exploits vulnerabilities in Java and installs a variety of different malware...

Scientists: Police can identify suspects' faces from victims' eyes

Scientists: Police can identify suspects' faces from victims' eyesRob Jenkins and a team of scientists at the University of York's Department of Psychology have demonstrated that people can recognize a suspects' face reflected in a victims's cornea 80 percent of the time:..

Scientists discover a naturally occurring hormone that blocks marijuana buzz

A group of scientists from the French Institute of Health and Medical Research may have discovered the buzzkill in hormone form. It's called Pregnenolone, and a new study suggests it may be released as a natural response to counteract the mental effects of marijuana. Researchers discovered the effect by administering massive doses of marijuana to lab rats...
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