Rogue MEGA Chrome Extension Stole Passwords and Crypto Keys
Founded by Kim Dotcom in 2013, the MEGA file-hosting site was an overnight success, attracting hundreds of thousands of users in a matter of hours. The platform launched on a wave of concerns over Internet snooping so with tight encryption and privacy as a policy, it went on to become a roaring success. Now, however, it’s reporting a serious breach that affects a currently unknown number of users. “On 4 September 2018 at...
Movie Outfits Are ‘Quietly’ Targeting Canadian File-Sharers in Court
For more than a decade, alleged file-sharers around the world have been pressured to pay significant settlement fees. These so-called copyright trolling efforts are pretty straightforward. Copyright holders obtain a list of ‘pirating’ IP-addresses and then request a subpoena from the court, compelling ISPs to hand over the associated customer data. In recent years several news reports have appeared on these cases in the...
TNTVillage, Italy’s Famous “Ethical” Torrent Site, Under Intense Legal Pressure
While dozens of torrents sites have come and gone over the years, TNTVillage has managed to stay online for more than a decade. Focused on the Italian market, the site had a clear mission. TNTVillage was created in 2005 to offer Italians, especially those living abroad, an opportunity to maintain access to “culture, art and intellectual works” via non-profit sharing using peer-to-peer networks. “The main aim of this...
5 tips to improve productivity with zsh
The Z shell known as zsh is a shell for Linux/Unix-like operating systems. It has similarities to other shells in the sh (Bourne shell) family, such as as bash and ksh, but it provides many advanced features and powerful command line editing options, such as enhanced Tab completion. read...
8 great Python libraries for side projects
We have a saying in the Python/Django world: We came for the language and stayed for the community. That is true for most of us, but something else that has kept us in the Python world is how easy it is to have an idea and quickly work through it over lunch or in a few hours at night. This month we’re diving into Python libraries we love to use to quickly scratch those side-project or lunchtime itches. read...
