Last week we explained what fast flux is and how it’s being abused, we showed you all kinds of Bitcoin-related scams, presented a video recording of a tech support scammer trying to sell free software, and pointed out some free software to keep an eye on your Internet traffic. We also informed you about an ad server found predominantly on adult websites, which has taken the lead in the number of URLs blocked by our web protection module.
Other news
South Korea is preparing a bill that will ban minors and foreigners from trading in cryptocurrencies or opening investment accounts for them within South Korea. (Source: Techspot)
Security researchers have publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the firmware of AT&T DirecTV WVB kit after trying to get the device manufacturer to patch this flaw over the past few months. (Source: The Hacker News)
Intel will implement a hardware lock on management engine equipped chips to defend against patch rollbacks. (Source: The Register)..
