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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Avast 2017 launches with 'Game Mode' feature

Passive Mode, too.

February 8, 2017 | 11:25

Investigators take down the Avalanche botnet

Free 500,000 systems from criminals.

December 2, 2016 | 10:27

Dyn downgrades Mirai botnet size estimate

From 'tens of millions' to 100,000.

October 27, 2016 | 10:17

Mitre Corporation launches $50,000 IoT monitoring contest

Sets up a target 'smart home.'

October 10, 2016 | 10:18

Internet of Things bracing for Mirai botnet expansion

Source code released by author.

October 3, 2016 | 09:51

Yahoo Ad malware turns computers into Bitcoin mining rigs

A botnet served through ads on Yahoo has infected 2 million users.

January 9, 2014 | 21:09

Apple's OS X hit by drive-by malware

Apple's OS X machines have been recruited into a half-million strong botnet through a drive-by downloader.

April 5, 2012 | 11:57

Sevenfold increase in botnet infections in 2010

Despite a drop in spam, botnets made huge gains in 2010.

February 17, 2011 | 11:40

Microsoft moots digital healthcare tax

Microsoft's Scott Charney has suggested that the problem of malware-infected PCs could be solved through general taxation - offering a free 'digital healthcare' service.

March 3, 2010 | 13:16

Botnet worm hits iPhone users

Sophos is warning of a modified version of an iPhone worm which joins infected devices to a botnet via a Lithuanian server, and attempts to steal banking credentials.

November 24, 2009 | 10:18

Websense warns over OWA attack

Security firm Websense has issued a warning regarding a major attack against Outlook Web Access portals, designed to install a banking Trojan into company systems.

October 19, 2009 | 13:07

O2 ships malware on Toshiba handsets

O2's German arm has unwittingly shipped unnamed malware on its Windows Mobile 6.1 Toshiba TG01 smartphones - but has promised to replace all affected units.

July 16, 2009 | 09:58