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Rise and Fall of Crypto

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: 2018 Bitcoin Bear Market

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Rise and Fall of Crypto

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Mining

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The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin and Monero

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freydrew Community and Advocacy Manager

Alert Chinese hackers bypass 2FA authentication

We’ve seen reports that Chinese hackers have figured out a way to bypass two-factor authentication. Obviously, this is concerning. Reported via Information Age, the article dives into how one cybersecurity firm believes how it was done.  A Chinese government-backed hacking group has found a new way...

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khumphrey Community Specialist

Predictions Webroot Predictions for 2020 and Beyond

Webroot Predictions for 2020 and Beyond

Cybersecurity threats continue to make headlines as attack vectors become more targeted and sophisticated. And 2020 will be no exception. We sat down with Webroot’s threat research team and product experts to learn more about what industry trends they expect to see next year and beyond. Scroll the v...

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TylerM Sr. Threat Research Analyst

Rise and Fall of Crypto The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin and Monero

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin and Monero

A (Not Really) Brief History of Bitcoin and Monero Note: this is the first installment in a 3-part post. Bitcoin turned 10 years old this year and it’s only getting more and more exposure. Having invented the revolutionary internet technology known as “Blockchain”, Bitcoin has only been gaining hype...

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TylerM Sr. Threat Research Analyst

Rise and Fall of Crypto The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: 2018 Bitcoin Bear Market

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: 2018 Bitcoin Bear Market

Note: this is the third installment in a 3-part post. If you haven’t already, read part 1 and part 2. 2018 was a brutal year for Bitcoin and subsequently all other altcoins utilizing blockchain technology. The start of 2018 had Bitcoin around $17,000; by the end of 2018 it had dropped to around $3,8...

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TylerM Sr. Threat Research Analyst

Rise and Fall of Crypto The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Mining

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency: Mining

The Rise of Mining Attacks Note: this is the second installment in a 3-part post. Read part 1 here. Monero—a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, but without a public ledger—is basically at the center of all of today’s cryptomining threats. In fact it’s been estimated that over 85% of all illicit mining is...

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Grafdom New Member

5 Inspiring Web Design Trends of 2020

It’s no secret that the internet has dramatically changed in the past years. Besides the advent of AR, VR and AI to just mention a few, web design trends have taken up a modern and fresh creativity. Today, website design is more than just using outdated grids and traditional stock images. It’s about...

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Chenxingyu New Member

How to unlock iPhone 11 when locked
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The new iPhone 11 of my husband is locked because of many attempts to type the wrong passcode by my little son some time ago. We know when the iPhone is locked, connecting to iTunes to restore it can solve the problem. But iTunes can not detect the iPhone 11. We have tried connecting to iTunes many...

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RICHCZM New Member

password problem
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My account is already activitated. The system does not recognize my password. I have waited for the automated system to send me an email to retrieve my password, but received nothing. Automated Customer Service sent an email with a temporary password to use, but the Login does not accept it.   Custo...

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RICHCZM New Member

Password problem
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My password is not accepted. The system says it is sending me an email to retrieve my password, but I receive nothing.  Automated support emailed me a temporary password that is not accepted when I try to log on..

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TripleHelix Moderator

New year, new browser – The new Microsoft Edge is out of preview and now available for download

January 15, 2020 9:00 am By Joe Belfiore / Corporate Vice President, Windows A little over a year ago, we announced our intention to rebuild Microsoft Edge on the Chromium open source project with the goals of delivering better compatibility for everyone, less fragmentation for web developers, and...

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TBC
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"Please tell me about a crypto coin called 'The Billion Coin (TBC).It is a peer to peer coin with a growth rate of 2-5%,and has not gone Public or has an exchanger as yet ?"

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dlw73078 New Member

Captcha Problems
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Why am I having to enter a captcha for every site I visit?  Even when I am on the site and I click on a site link I have to do it again.  It is time consuming and a nuisance.   Any ideas how to fix this?

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nic Retired Webrooter

New home wifi system from Netgear

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/22/12538376/netgear-orbi-multiunit-wifi-system-announced   Looks interesting and good to see more providers trying to solve the problem of full wifi coverage in the home.  A bit pricey though, as I can pick up a couple of Unifi APs for the equi...

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Jasper_The_Rasper Moderator

The Y2K bug is back, causing headaches for developers again

Twenty years ago, some developers dealt with the millennium bug by postponing it until... now.   January 8, 2020 By Daphne Leprince-Ringuet   Twenty years ago, as the world celebrated the start of a new millennium, IT professionals across the globe were getting cold sweats at the prospect of the Y...

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Console corrupted, no help from WR messaging support, telephone support useless
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Console is corrupted with devices long gone with expired keycodes but showing status as “protected”. Online WR messaging support is no help and says I need to voice call. On voice call the robo-system says the wait time is estimated at FIFTY MINUTES (yes 50, not 15)!!!!!!!! Totally useless and inade...

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Jasper_The_Rasper Moderator

Facebook Cracks Down on Deepfake Videos

January 7, 2020 By Lindsey O'Donnell    Despite the difficulties of identifying deepfakes, social media sites are recognizing the need to crack down on the manipulated, misleading videos. Facebook is banning deepfake videos, which stem from a technique of human-image synthesis based on artificia...

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Slittle75 New Voice

Last pass
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I am going to renew my Webroot Complete next month and wanted to know, when I do, will the Last Pass renew also? DO I have to do anything to have my Passwords switched over? I really do like this last pass and it works as expected! Thanks Guys!   

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kkoontz New Member

Scan time is not correct
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Just after performing a scan, I check in mywebrootanywhere account & the time last scanned is not correct? Any idea what may be the problem?

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jekozon New Member

Customize scan start time
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How do I customize my daily scan’s start time?

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caabear131 New Member

Blue screen saying computer is blocked for last 2 mornings, isn't Webroot catching this bug?
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Virus??I get a blue screen saying my computer is blocked and an alert, isn’t Webroot catching this and what to do?  

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dandevine2 New Member

access to echolink app
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echolink app

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freydrew Community and Advocacy Manager

Threat News Weekly Threat News: 2nd Januaray

Weekly Threat News: 2nd Januaray

Our Senior Threat Research Analyst, @FredFunk, is back from holidays and has a fresh batch of 2020 threat news for you.    General News   Mirai Variant ECHOBOT Resurfaces with 13 Previously Unexploited Vulnerabilities Mirai was one of the biggest botnets ever seen. It consisted of millions of compro...

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EKapiteyn New Member

Hacked Outlook email account
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Can someone tell me what steps I need to take as my email account got hacked over Christmas and I suspect password. I realised I had been hacked when my Netflix account wouldn’t let me log into it.  My sister in law’s email account was hacked on Christmas day and I suspect my email address was sourc...

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Phishing Email from "Webroot"
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I received two emails from “Webroot” about my subscription being about to expire.  I have several years left on my subscription so I assume this is phishing are asking for data and/or money.  the logo on the email is a RED circle with a white “w” in the middle.  Not too accurate, eh?  How can I repo...

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Jasper_The_Rasper Moderator

Dark web Grey Market still down, users speculate possible Exit Scam

December 31, 2019  By Pierluigi Paganini   Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. According to one of the admins of the Grey Market marketplace one of the admins, ‘theiving‘, has stolen all the u...

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