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Major cybercrime network Avalanche dismantled in global takedown

Network World

Law enforcement agencies have dismantled a major cybercriminal network responsible for malware-based attacks that have been harassing victims across the globe for years. The network, called Avalanche, operated as many as 500,000 infected computers on a daily basis and was responsible for delivering malware through phishing email attacks.

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Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Future Exploration Network. Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009. The broader issue I am emphasizing in my current interviews and speaking is that 2009 will bring more change than any other year this decade. 2009 will see more people consuming 20 hours or more of media a day. About Ross Dawson.

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Battery Ventures makes majority investment in Seattle enterprise security startup DomainTools

GeekWire

It has more than 500 customers including nearly half of the Fortune 500 and eight of the top 10 banks. DomainTools is led by Tim Chen , a longtime tech exec who joined in 2009. The founders sold the company in 2009 to a group of now-former shareholders. The company says it has the most popular Whois research service.

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The rise of Bitcoin: A game-changer in finance

Dataconomy

The pioneering cryptocurrency has captivated the financial world since its inception in 2009. With traditional banking services often inaccessible to millions around the globe, Bitcoin offered a decentralized alternative for the unbanked population to access financial services, empowering them economically.

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Peer-to-peer banking - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

The principle is simple – you lend to individuals at interest rates based on their credit rating, and since you’re cutting out the bank as middleman, both lender and depositer get more attractive interest rates than they can get commercially. Banks are the archetypical intermediary, in this case between depositers and lenders.

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Crypto investment tactics for beginners

Dataconomy

Cryptocurrency, also known as digital or virtual currency, has taken the world by storm since its introduction in 2009 with the creation of Bitcoin. It is a decentralized digital form of currency, which means it operates independently from banks and governments and is not backed by any physical asset.

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3 Top Reasons America Is Under a 'Ransomware Siege'

SecureWorld News

Cybercriminals who specialized in one particular area of cybercrime – such as network intrusion, malware development, or money laundering – began offering their products and services to others in exchange for a fee, or a percentage of the illicit proceeds of the scheme in which those products or services were to be used.

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