New Windows malware provides complete control over its victims

Mylobot incorporates a delaying mechanism which waits for two weeks before making contact with the attacker’s command and control servers — another means of avoiding detection.

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Deadly attacks feared as hackers target industrial sites

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“This is no longer about data theft or business disruption. Someone can get hurt. It’s about physical consequences,” said Dan Scali, senior manager for FireEye’s industrial control system security consulting practice.

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Windows warning: Tech-support scammers are ramping up attacks, says Microsoft

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The FBI has recently seen a new trend emerging for scammers to retarget past tech-support victims by posing as government officials or law enforcement, and offering assistance recovering lost funds for further fees.  Some scammers also threaten legal action if victims don’t pay to settle outstanding debts for tech-support services.

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Here’s how to see the data that tech giants have about you

As you’ll see, some of these companies have made the job easier than others. It’s also important to note that downloading your data doesn’t take it away from the company in question. Each tech giant will still retain the data it has about you. But at least you’ll have a better sense of what they know.

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Bad bots detected on 100% of web login pages, here’s how to protect your business

All websites with login pages have been hit with bad bot traffic and face Account Takeover (ATO) attempts, according to a Tuesday report from Distil Networks.

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This is how it feels to face a major cyber attack

Intense, stressful, petrifying: those are just some of the words used to describe what it was to be at the center of some of the biggest and most high profile cyber attacks to take place over the last year.

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Explainer: What is a blockchain?

“I’ve been working on a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.” These are the words of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, in a message sent to a cryptography-focused mailing list in October 2008. Included was a link to a nine-page white paper describing a technology that some are now convinced will disrupt the financial system.

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Like to speed up your internet, for free?

Cloudflare’s solution is a completely free, blazing-fast DNS resolver for your PC, smartphone, or router. And they promise not to sell your data or even keep debug logs more than 24 hours.

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