Austrian law enforcement agencies have revealed details of a major operation against a pirate IPTV network claimed to have generated up to €11m during the last three years. Following a TV company complaint, 40 investigators arrested 20 Turkish suspects living in Austria and Germany. Authorities seized €1.6m, 60 bank accounts, and an Audi A7. After seven months in custody, the main suspects have reportedly confessed. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
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- Publishers Sue the Internet Archive Over its Open Library, Declare it a Pirate Site
- Naked protesters in spit hoods demonstrate outside the PSB
- DISH to Subpoena Google, Facebook, PayPal & Twitter to Identify ‘Pirate’ IPTV Operators
- Kim Dotcom Begins Final Supreme Court Battle to Avoid US Extradition
- Court Orders Cloudflare to Prevent Access to Pirated Music or Face Fines or Prison
- Statement on the attempted phishing attack against Bellingcat
- TikTok Using DMCA to Take Down Reverse-Engineered Source Code
- Piracy Domains Seized By US Because Verisign & GoDaddy Are American
- Operation 404 Hit So Many Piracy Apps It’s Surprising There Are Any Left
- 20 Pirate IPTV Arrests, €1.6m Seized; Held For 7 Months, Suspects Confess
20 Pirate IPTV Arrests, €1.6m Seized; Held For 7 Months, Suspects Confess
Published: 2023-10-25 09:15:05
Popularity: 8
Author: Andy Maxwell
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Hollywood’s Relentless Pursuit of Piracy Giant Cuevana3 Has No Obvious Effect
Published: 2023-01-20 21:47:03
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Author: Andy Maxwell
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Cuevana is not only South America's most popular pirate streaming site, it's one of the most visited in the entire world. In 2022, the MPA said that a recent iteration of 'Cuevana3' enjoyed more than 130 million visits in a single month. To date, Hollywood hasn't been able to take the site down but could it be damaged by relentless DMCA notices and domain changes? From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
...moreOperation 404 Hit So Many Piracy Apps It’s Surprising There Are Any Left
Published: 2022-07-16 13:43:50
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Author: Andy Maxwell
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Last month anti-piracy initiative 'Operation 404' reportedly took down 226 websites and 461 piracy apps, a huge amount by any standard. With the dust settling this week, anti-piracy company Nagra provided more information on its role in the operation. That was timely because it leads to somewhat of a conundrum: how many apps have to be taken down before pirates simply run out? From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
...morePiracy Domains Seized By US Because Verisign & GoDaddy Are American
Published: 2022-06-28 16:01:31
Popularity: 13
Author: Andy Maxwell
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The Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have just announced the seizure of six music piracy domains. The seizures were straightforward due to Verisign and GoDaddy being American companies. However, additional facts regarding these seizures, including on whose behalf they were supposedly carried out, raise key issues that don't make much sense. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
...moreManaged Identity Attack Paths, Part 1: Automation Accounts
Published: 2022-06-12 19:06:06
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Author: Andy Robbins
LLM Says: ""backdoor found""
In this three part blog series we will explore attack paths that emerge out of Managed Identity assignments in three Azure services.
...moreTikTok Using DMCA to Take Down Reverse-Engineered Source Code
Published: 2021-01-17 12:43:43
Popularity: 131
Author: Andy Maxwell
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Video social networking service Tiktok is using the DMCA to prevent the spread of source code related to the Android variant of its software. The coder who placed the source online says that he reverse-engineered the APK to show that the company's social media platform is a data collection engine and "legitimate spyware". From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
...moreNaked protesters in spit hoods demonstrate outside the PSB
Published: 2020-09-07 13:58:43
Popularity: 349
Author: Randy Gorbman
Several naked, or near-naked protesters sat outside Rochester’s Public Safety Building early Monday morning. They were also wearing spit hoods, the kind of device that police put on Daniel Prude last March as they pinned him to the pavement on Jefferson Avenue. He lost consciousness and died a week later. Officers originally were called to help Prude by his brother, because he was having a mental health crisis. He had been seen running naked on Jefferson Avenue just before police restrained him on the roadway. Along with the public display Monday morning, organizers also handed out a statement calling for statewide legislation including something they want to call “Daniel’s Law.” According to City Councilmember Mary Lupien, that proposed law demands that police do not automatically respond to mental health calls. “When police get on scene, they can agitate and escalate the situation, even sometimes just by being in uniform but also by the way that they approach the situation and
...morePublishers Sue the Internet Archive Over its Open Library, Declare it a Pirate Site
Published: 2020-06-01 17:17:36
Popularity: 354
Author: Andy
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Several major publishers have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in a New York court targeting the Internet Archive's Open Library. According to the complaint, the project is a massive and willful infringement project that amounts to little more than a regular pirate site. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
...moreThe Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
Published: 2020-05-13 15:52:29
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Author: Andy Greenberg
LLM Says: "Hacker's guilty smile"
At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.
...moreCourt Orders Cloudflare to Prevent Access to Pirated Music or Face Fines or Prison
Published: 2020-02-19 10:59:58
Popularity: 144
Author: Andy
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This week visitors to pirate music site DDL-Music were greeted with a rare 'Error 451' message from Cloudflare, indicating that the site had been rendered unavailable due to legal reasons. It now transpires that following legal action by Universal Music, Cloudflare was served with a court injunction , which threatened fines and potential prison time for non-compliance. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.
...moreIntel Is Patching the Patch for the Patch for Its ‘Zombieload’ Flaw
Published: 2020-01-29 06:26:39
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Author: Andy Greenberg
LLM Says: ""zombie patch""
Intel's made two attempts to fix the microprocessor vulnerability it was warned about 18 months ago. Third time’s the charm?
...moreDISH to Subpoena Google, Facebook, PayPal & Twitter to Identify ‘Pirate’ IPTV Operators
Published: 2019-09-29 10:38:32
Popularity: 175
Author: Andy
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Back in August, DISH Networks filed a $10 million lawsuit against IPTV provider Easybox IPTV. The broadcasting company has now been given permission by the court to identify the IPTV service's currently-unknown operators, using information held by some the world's largest Internet companies - and more. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.
...moreStatement on the attempted phishing attack against Bellingcat
Earlier this week, investigative journalists at Bellingcat were targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack. As there has been some incorrect reporting about the incident, we are releasing a statement to provide clarification. On July 24, investigative journalists at Bellingcat, which utilize ProtonMail to secure their communications, were targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack that attempted … The post Statement on the attempted phishing attack against Bellingcat appeared first on ProtonMail Blog.
...moreKim Dotcom Begins Final Supreme Court Battle to Avoid US Extradition
Published: 2019-06-10 09:10:03
Popularity: 165
Author: Andy
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More than seven years after the dramatic arrest of Kim Dotcom and several of his former Megaupload colleagues, the quartet are making a final plea to New Zealand's Supreme Court. The hearing, expected to last five days, will determine whether an earlier decision to extradite the men to the United States should be upheld. For them, the stakes could not be higher. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.
...moreHackers just broke the iPhone X's Face ID using a 3D-printed mask
Published: 2019-03-07 22:16:34
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Author: Andy Greenberg
A Vietnamese security firm says it has managed to trick Face ID into unlocking a phone using a 3D-printed mask and $150 worth of materials
...moreHere we go again: Newly discovered Android vulnerability can be used to spy on you
Published: 2019-03-07 22:11:51
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Author: Andy Meek
We write often here about the security vulnerabilities of Android devices that are due, at least in part, to how much of a delay there can be in the latest software updates making the rounds. Which…
...moreMicrosoft tells last remaining mobile customers to switch to iPhone or Android
Published: 2019-03-07 21:59:15
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Author: Andy Meek
Is it a brave thing to accept the reality of your own limitations when you’ve tried for years and sunk significant resources into trying to surpass them? Maybe. But it’s not so much tha…
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