Cryptocurrency botnets are normally the weapons of evil, used to covertly and illicitly steal other people’s computing power to earn coins. But now there’s a new kid on the block, and it seems to be cleaning up online avenues of crypto-malware. The botnet, known as Fbot, appears to be hunting down illegitimate cryptocurrency mining malware…
Thanks to a shocking security vulnerability, hackers have flooded a “decentralized” token exchange platform with 1 billion fake EOS EOS. By the end of the heist, the thieves were able to steal almost $58,000 in cryptocurrency directly from users. The hackers created a new EOS-based token, ironically named “EOS,” and used it to illegitimately purchase BLACK, IQ,…
Twitter today announced a change to the way it shows tweets to users. The announcement detailed a future that includes switching back and forth between an algorithmically sorted timeline and one that shows all tweets from your followers, in reverse-chronological order, much like the one Twitter launched with in 2006. Prior to the update, unchecking…
Amazon’s latest Alexa-powered gadget is a Fire TV and Echo smart speaker hybrid called the Fire TV Cube. Allow me to cut to the chase: This is the best Alexa experience you can get. I wasn’t prepared for the Fire TV Cube. As a hardware reviewer, I try not to pre-judge equipment. I think it’s…
Cardano is not quite done introducing blockchain technology to developing countries. Founder Charles Hoskinson revealed he recently visited Mongolia to discuss ways to use the technology to innovate the country’s government and business sectors. Hoskinson, who was part of the original Ethereum founding team, took to Twitter to share a photo of his meeting with…
The crypto-jacking epidemic has spread to India. It has come to light that tons of Indian government sites have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware, designed to steal visitors’ computing power to earn coins. Among others, the attackers targeted the websites of the Andhra Pradesh municipality, the Tirupati Municipal Corporation, and the Macherla municipality, the…
Everyone might be waiting for the OnePlus 6T, but the company has more than smartphones up its sleeve. The company today announced it’s entering the smart TV game. The company doesn’t provide much in the way of hard details, but CEO Pete Lau penned a blog post explaining the new project: We want to bring the…
SBI Holdings is not quite done with its foray into blockchain. The Japanese financial giant has announced plans to launch a mobile payment app for iOS and Android that will use Ripple’s distributed ledger tech. So far, all we know is that the app is expected to arrive this Fall and that it will be…
Cisco is the world’s leading manufacturer of IT network routers and switches. Yet despite their frontrunner status and some recent lean years, investors remain extremely excited about Cisco’s future. Share prices are up nearly 50 percent over the past 12 months, proving Cisco remains poised to be the dominant force in networking technology for the…
The race for chatbot supremacy certainly doesn’t produce the heightened tension of the space race, but there’s definitely an unofficial international competition going on and it’s fascinating to watch. For those keeping score, the United States is hanging onto a slim lead, China is gaining fast ground, and most of Europe is close behind. Among…
