<p>It started in the laboratory of a university in England. An airborne virus was cultivated. One that could spread like the common cold in densely populated areas, infecting all it came into contact with. It was called Chameleon and it was a computer virus.</p><p>Chameleon is the product of the University of Liverpool's School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Electronics and shows for the first time that WiFi networks can be infected with a virus that moves through the air, jumping from access point to access point.</p><p>WiFi access points have long been known to be potentially weak spots onto networks, often left unprotected by passwords or encryption, or still using the manufacturer's or telecoms operator's default security codes. But up until now, there hasn't been a virus that could attack a WiFi network.</p><p>Chameleon behaves just as a disease would in a viral outbreak, moving faster through cities with dense populations, where access points (and humans) are closer together. The computer scientists simulated its outbreak in Belfast and London and found that in the higher density of London, the connectivity between devices was a more important factor than how susceptible the access points were.</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2014/02/26/new-virus-spreads-like-the-common-cold-via-wifi/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2568466/The-computer-virus-spreads-like-COLD-Researchers-warn-wifi-networks-infected-like-human-virus.html">Computer virus spreads like a COLD that could infect WiFi networks</a> (Daily Mail)</p><p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/25/first-contagious-wifi-computer-virus-goes-airborne-spreads-like-the-common-cold/">First contagious WiFi computer virus goes airborne, spreads like the common cold</a> (Daily Caller)</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10664576/Liverpool-researchers-create-contagious-WiFi-virus.html">Liverpool researchers create &#039;contagious&#039; WiFi virus</a> (Telegraph.co.uk)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dA11NNT4Uior6dM-tAEsYwOWeQrCM&authuser=0&ned=us">80 additional articles.</a></p>