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DNA file tampering
Coverage of DNA file tampering in the Nexus archive.
- Thermo Fisher Patches Flaw That Could Make DNA File Tampering Nearly Undetectable
Thermo Fisher Scientific patched a flaw in Applied Biosystems human identification software that could enable undetectable alterations to .fsa and .hid files before analysis. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-17583, was addressed in a July 31 security bulletin.