Apple iOS, Google Android Patch Zero-Days in July Security Updates
Plus: Mozilla fixes two high-severity bugs in Firefox, Citrix fixes a flaw that was used to attack a US-based critical infrastructure organization, and Oracle patches over 500 vulnerabilities. Powered by...
Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime
Since its invasion of Ukraine in February, Russian Members of Parliament and lawmakers have taken turns to see who can come up with the most aggressive anti-Western legislative proposals. Suitably dressed-up in anti-American, anti-European rhetoric, plans to let everyone in Russia pirate Western content came early. While obvious to everyone else right from the beginning, the proposals were fundamentally flawed. If Russians were...
Reddit Defeats Filmmakers’ Second Attempt at Unmasking Anonymous Users
Millions of people regularly pirate movies and music without getting into trouble. In fact, some pirates even discuss their habits openly on the Internet, on platforms such as Reddit, for example. Admissions of anonymous Redditors typically go unnoticed by copyright holders but even when observed, it’s rare for companies to take matters further or ask any questions. A group of independent filmmakers in the United States recently...
Sky Obtains Novel Injunction to Prevent Piracy of Live Sports & ‘House of the Dragon’
For more than a decade, Sky has found its ISP division named as a respondent in injunction applications filed at the High Court in London. With the aim of reducing availability of pirated content, U.S. movie studios, recording labels, publishers, and more recently gaming company Nintendo, have named Sky and rival ISPs including Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, Plusnet and EE, as facilitators of their customers’ piracy habits. The...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/31/2023
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, which came out as a high-quality pirate release, is the most downloaded title. The...
