October 31, 2019

Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits

A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.

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August 22, 2018

Extortionist lawyer pleads guilty to creating porn honeypot

Prenda Law masterminds Paul Hansmeier and John Steele filmed and uploaded the videos, then sued the "John Does" who downloaded them.

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November 27, 2017

The end of net neutrality draws near

Will it mean a newly vibrant and competitive internet or an internet for the rich?

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September 01, 2016

Mac password-stealing malware haunts Transmission app… again

The official download of the Transmission app was hacked again: last time it was ransomware, this time a password stealer.

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June 13, 2016

uTorrent forums hacked: change your password now!

The vendor that runs BitTorrent's forums was breached, letting attackers get at other clients' data, including the uTorrent user database.

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August 25, 2015

Pirate sites ban Windows 10 over privacy worries

Paranoia has spiked over the notion that Microsoft plans to keep people from running software they never bought.

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April 10, 2015

ISPs ordered to hand over names and addresses of illegal file sharers

In a landmark case, a Hollywood studio won the rights to unmask alleged pirates of the movie The Dallas Buyers Club.

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March 14, 2015

If you hammer your RAM, won’t that break it? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

From CPUs on fire to hammered memory modules - here's our latest 60 Second Security video! Why not give it a try...

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March 09, 2015

Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? “Foistware” back in the spotlight…

If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a "recommended extra", is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner...

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