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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. For example, users who click on a link looking to download a free game instead unknowingly download and install Glupteba malware.”

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Predictions 2018: How I Did. (Pretty Damn Well, Turns Out)

John Battelle's Searchblog

Here we go: Prediction #1: Crypto/blockchain dies as a major story. Cast yourself back to late 2017 when Bitcoin was pushing $20,000 and the entire tech sector was obsessed with blockchain everything. 2018 is a year of hard work on the problems that have kept blockchain from becoming what most of us believe it can truly become.