Cybercriminals Use Popular TV Shows to Spread Malware
A report from internet security company Kaspersky reveals that popular episodes of shows from HBO, AMC and other TV networks downloaded from websites...
New Trojan Found Nested in Sofwtare From Pirate Bay
A malware Trojan scheme was recently identified on The Pirate Bay, where scammers started seeding a host of cracked software copies, replacing the original source...
Microsoft Patent Describes Windows Ability To Detect and Block Pirated Content
Microsoft has been granted a patent that could de applied to the Windows OS to detect and block illegally-obtained and shared content,...
U.S. Justice Department Shuts Shut Down Kickass Torrents
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the alleged owner of todays most visited illegal file-sharing website - Kickass Torrents - with criminal copyright infringement...
France Proposes Tougher Anti-Piracy Laws
French Internet Authority (HADOPI) has issued a new report examining ways to stop usage of streaming and direct download sites. The report suggests that in...
Copyright Alert System Set to Begin in The U.S.
The copyright surveillance machine known as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) is finally launching today, with Internet Service Providers (ISP) to get reay...
British Music Industry To Block More BitTorrent Sites
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will ask the UK's six biggest Internet Service Providers to block three more sites accused of piracy at a court...
CCI To Dealy 'Six-strike' Anti-piracy Campaign Until 2013
The controversial "six strikes" copyright enforcement plan that aims to curb illegal downloads and peer-to-peer file-sharing has been postponed until 2013. The Center for Copyright...
U.S. Copyright Surveillance Machine About To Be Switched On
The "Copyright Alert System" (CAS) - an elaborate combination of surveillance, warnings, and "education" directed at customers of most major U.S. Internet service providers -...
Megaupload To Launch Again next Year
Megaupload's boss will relaunch the file-sharing website in January, just one year after his arrest in New Zealand on online piracy charges. Kim Dotcom, the...
