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FaceApp is enjoying another viral moment fueled by celebrity selfies, while sparking dire warnings from security and privacy experts. Now...

The information security profession has long mined biology for metaphors to describe cyber threats. For example, we call certain forms of malware “viruses” or “worms”. If the malware successfully installs, we call the event an “infection” and follow up with a “forensic” investigation. If a malware “strain” changes, we call it a “mutation”. Some have attempted to develop these casual metaphors into more rigorous frameworks. Academic papers such as “Biological Approach to

Malware is like pornography; it’s hard to define, but we know it when we see it. At least we think we do. The Pokemon Go craze provides...