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Monthly Archives: October 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.
Researchers find hole in EU-wide identity system
The EU has fixed a flaw in the powerful yet complex eIDAS digital identification system that let people authenticate as someone else.
WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide
WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.
Got an early iPhone or iPad? Update now or turn it into a paperweight
Calling Apple iPhone 5, iPhone 4s or early iPad owners – your device may be about to turn into a vintage technology paperweight.
Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up
Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business.
Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites
Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.
Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data
The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.
Gradient “celebrity matching” photo app sparks privacy fears
The Kardashians love the Gradient app – but they’re being paid to use it, whereas for you it’s the other way round. Is it safe?
PHP team fixes nasty site-owning remote execution bug
The PHP development team has fixed a bug that could allow remote code execution in some setups of the programming language.