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Like a malevolent customer loyalty program, a Turkish cybercriminal operation is recruiting volunteers to participate in distributed denial of service campaigns by offering them rewards in exchange for their network bandwidth.

The Shamoon data-wiping malware that attacked government systems in Saudi Arabia last month is not dramatically different from an older version that destroyed 35,000 computers at Saudi oil company Aramco in 2012. Yet the still packs a massive punch.

Global authorities' takedown of Avalanche, a cybercriminal network whose malware campaigns are estimated to have cost victims in over 180 countries hundreds of millions of dollars, was an achievement four years in the making - and yet the saga is far from over.

Forget about World War III, when it comes to cybersecurity it might just be World War II all over again.

Confronting the dangers posed by the Internet of Things, members of the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on Wednesday that examined the feasibility of regulating IoT devices.