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The botnet take-down is believed to be temporary as the criminal group has a back-up command-and-control mechanism based on Bitcoin blockchain.

The Glupteba botnet infected approximately one million Windows machines to steal data and mine cryptocurrencies

The botnet take-down is believed to be temporary as the criminal group has a backup command-and-control mechanism based on Bitcoin blockchain.

Google took legal and technical action to disrupt the Glupteba botnet, which uses blockchain for a command and control backup mechanism.

Glupteba is a Windows malware monetizing through crypto currency mining, proxying malicious traffic, and stealing user cookies/credentials. We coordinated a clean up of Glupteba with key industry partners in an effort to curb this operation.

Four steps on how to enable Google’s Safe Browsing security features to prevent users from being a victim of phishing other harmful cyber attacks when visiting sites or downloading files.

APT35 may not be the most dangerous group out there, but they've got a new phishing trick.

Google's cybercrime fighting team Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has recorded a massive spike in government-backed phishing and malware attacks on private individuals.  TAG saw a jump of 33 per cent increase in cyber threats compared to the previous year (2020) and the team sent more than 50,000 warning to private individuals.

Android Community July 16, 2021 While Google gives you the option to delete your search history occasionally or to not save it at all, there are certain advantages to keeping your Web & App Activity on. For one thing, it gives you more personalized experiences around various Google apps and services. But in case you share your device with another person, you now get another layer of protection for this so no one can just view all of your My Activity on the shared device. You can now require ...

Banks have various tools at their disposal to stop scammers from impersonating them. But Which? has found that not all banks are making use of these.