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2. Pityriasis rosea - Wikipedia

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   Pityriasis rosea. Pityriasis rosea is a type of skin rash. [2] Classically, it begins with a single red and slightly scaly area known as a "herald patch". [2] This is then followed, days to weeks later, by an eruption of many smaller scaly spots; pinkish with a red edge in people with light skin and greyish in darker skin. [4]

3. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   March 26: The Melissa worm was released, targeting Microsoft Word and Outlook -based systems, and creating considerable network traffic. June 6: The ExploreZip worm, which destroys Microsoft Office documents, was first detected. September: the CTX virus is isolated.

4. Facebook malware - Wikipedia

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   The social media platform and social networking service Facebook has been affected multiple times over its history by intentionally harmful software. Known as malware, these pose particular challenges both to users of the platform as well as to the personnel of the tech-company itself. Fighting the entities that create these is a topic of ...

5. Patch (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Patch (computing) A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. [1][2] A patch may be created to improve functionality, usability, or performance. A patch is typically provided by a vendor for updating the software that they provide.

6. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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   WannaCry ransomware attack. The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [4] It was propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit ...

7. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles. A computer virus[1] is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs. [2][3] If this replication succeeds, the affected ...

8. COVID-19 misinformation - Wikipedia

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   A tweet started an internet meme that Bank of England £20 banknotes contained a picture of a 5G mast and the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Facebook and YouTube removed items pushing this story, and fact checking organisations established that the picture is of Margate Lighthouse and the "virus" is the staircase at the Tate Britain. [207] [208] [209]

9. Pegasus (spyware) - Wikipedia

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   www.nsogroup.com. Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android. [ 1 ] While NSO Group markets Pegasus as a product for fighting crime and terrorism, governments around the world have routinely used the spyware to surveil ...