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Krebs on Security
JUNE 28, 2022
AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. An example of a cracked software download site distributing Glupteba. Image: Google.com. But on Dec.
John Battelle's Searchblog
JANUARY 3, 2014
The post Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. This post marks the 10th edition of my annual predictions – it’s quite possibly the only thing I’ve consistently done for a decade in my life (besides this site, of course, which is going into its 12th year).
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John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 23, 2020
From the Department of Didn’t See THAT Coming… Yes, it’s true: Last year, I did not predict a global pandemic in 2020. COVID is a gravitational force that warps everything it touches, so I approach this annual ritual of self-grading with trepidation. So that’s one argument for giving myself a “Nailed it.”
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 31, 2021
I hope to change that in 2022, starting with this bout of chin stroking. If you’re an old timer here, you know I don’t really prepare to write this post. Instead I sit down, summon the muse of flow, and let it rip in one go. Let’s get to it. Crypto blows up. But that first top is coming, and when it crests, look the f*ck out.
John Battelle's Searchblog
JANUARY 1, 2021
” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. I’m generally inclined to be optimistic, but rose-colored glasses stretch time. Facebook’s chickens come home to roost.
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