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There’s a new botnet amassing IP addresses worldwide. With more than 1 million organizations already infected and a rapid growth trajectory, researchers say that Reaper (a.k.a. IoTroop) has the potential to wreak even more havoc than the Mirai botnet that took down Twitter, Reddit, Netflix, Spotify and more last year. Individuals and organizations with any of a list of vulnerable devices are advised to update or restore them to factory settings to wipe out the malware. Here's what else they should know. Read More...

Closing in on the end of October, the value of Bitcoin is inching toward $6,000. And, despite a few summer dips and a short plunge Wednesday (Oct. 25), there haven’t been many signs that the cryptocurrency is going to stop growing anytime soon. But, hampered by associations with criminal activity and seemingly unable to establish itself as a means of mass exchange, many experts aren’t optimistic about the long-term prospects of the digital denomination. Read More...

And then there were eight — good quarters, that is. Yesterday, Visa reported its eighth consecutive quarter of strong growth, thanks to continued strong payments, cross border and transaction processing volume. In a recent interview, CEO Al Kelly shared his perspectives on Europe, digital payments in developed and developing countries and the role of partnerships in leveraging the Visa network to push the envelope on new digital commerce opportunities. We’ve got the details here. Read More...