A ‘Black Panther’ moment
This week we’re bringing you a special edition of CTRL+T, the podcast that examines TechCrunch stories through a cultural lens.
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Month: February 2018
Samsung’s AR Emoji taps creepy avatars and Disney characters to compete with Animoji
We’ve known for a while that Samsung’s been planning an Animoji competitor for its latest handset. Now that we’ve actually
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The rise and rise of supergiant rounds
Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor: With more money
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Congress should close the loophole allowing warrantless digital car searches
Most Americans expect the Fourth Amendment — which protects individuals from illegal searches — to extend to their digital lives.
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Mac crypto miner distributed via MacUpdate, other software download sites
Software download site/aggregator MacUpdate has been spotted delivering a new Mac crypto miner to users. A new Mac cryptominer was
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Android devices roped into new Monero-mining botnet
A new Monero-mining bot sprang up several days ago and, in just a few days, has created a botnet consisting
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When crypto-mining malware hits a SCADA network
Stealthy crypto-mining is on track to surpass ransomware as cybercriminals’ most favorite money-making option, and companies with computers and servers
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Thousands of government, orgs’ websites found serving crypto mining script
On Sunday, over 4,200 websites around the world started hijacking visitors’ browsers to mine the Monero crypto currency. The attack
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Millions of Android devices forced to mine Monero for crooks
No device is safe from criminals looking to make it stealthily mine cryptocurrency for them. However weak its processing power
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How cybercriminals exploited Telegram flaw to deliver malware
A “vulnerability” in Telegram’s desktop instant messaging client for Windows was exploited for months by Russian cybercriminals to deliver malware
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