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Plex Asks GitHub to Take Down ‘Reshare’ Repository Over Piracy Fears

Plex is a multi-functional streaming platform that allows users to watch, organize, and curate their favorite media entertainment. Sharing Plex libraries is also an option; one that comes with piracy concerns. In an effort to "avoid the growth of pir.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakApr 11th, 2024

Verimatrix Counterspy safeguards content across various devices

Verimatrix released its new Verimatrix Counterspy anti-piracy solution. Counterspy leverages technology first developed by the company’s cybersecurity team back in 2021 to offer an innovative new way to counter the rise in video piracy in an er.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMar 19th, 2024

Plex walks away from VR support

Plex has no plans to create apps for the Quest or the Apple Vision Pro, and now its existing VR apps are losing official support......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMar 18th, 2024

90% of exposed secrets on GitHub remain active for at least five days

12.8 million new secrets occurrences were leaked publicly on GitHub in 2023, +28% compared to 2022, according to GitGuardian. Remarkably, the incidence of publicly exposed secrets has quadrupled since the company started reporting in 2021. Companies.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMar 15th, 2024

Epic asks court to block Apple’s 27% commission on website purchases

Apple charges 27% commission for sales "on your website after a link out." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan ) Epic Games yesterday urged a federal court to sanction Apple for alleged violations of an injun.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 14th, 2024

Epic Games asks court to hold Apple in contempt over weak App Store anti-steering changes

Even though Apple just reinstated Epic’s developer account in the European Union, there’s a lot more drama to come. In January, Apple announced changes to the App Store in the United States to give developers the option to link to alternative pay.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMar 14th, 2024

Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security

Malicious software packages are found on public software repositories such as GitHub, PyPI and the npm registry seemingly every day. Attackers use a number of tricks to fool developers or systems into downloading them, or they simply compromise the p.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMar 4th, 2024

GitHub push protection now on by default for public repositories

GitHub push protection – a security feature aimed at preventing secrets such as API keys or tokens getting accidentally leaked online – is being switched on by default for all public repositories. “This means that when a supported s.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMar 4th, 2024

IPTV Piracy Group Members Arrested For Signal Theft, Fraud, Money Laundering

Officers of the Quebec Provincial Police (Sûreté du Québec) carried out raids this week against suspected members of an IPTV piracy group operating in Canada. At least five people were arrested on suspicion of various crimes including theft of tel.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

“Perfect” Piracy Shield & Propaganda: Blocking Blunders Branded “Fake News”

Just three weeks after launch, Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system is set for expansion. The news was revealed by the head of AGCOM and local anti-piracy group FAPAV, who also addressed media reports that overblocking is already affecting innocent.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Piracy Shield Cloudflare Disaster Blocks Countless Sites, Fires Up Opposition

Experts warned that a radical site-blocking program without proper checks and balances would end badly in Italy. On Saturday, at least one Cloudflare IP address was added to the Piracy Shield anti-piracy system. According to an expert, that ended up.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

ISPs Request Records to Show How Piracy Fight Blocked Legitimate Sites

Internet anti-piracy system 'Piracy Shield' has been fully operational for less than a month and has already managed to block large numbers of legitimate platforms. Last Saturday saw the most significant blunder, yet official explanations are notable.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Nintendo’s Yuzu Lawsuit Aims to Pour Banana Peels Over All Emulators

Given its zero-tolerance approach to piracy, Nintendo's copyright lawsuit targeting the company behind Switch emulator 'Yuzu' isn't a big surprise. While the 41-page complaint throws almost everything at the hugely popular Switch emulation project, N.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Piracy Moghul Aniwatch Rebrands to HiAnime

The massively popular anime pirate site Aniwatch has a new name. The site, which was known as Zoro.to just a year ago, just rebranded to HiAnime. The site's staff doesn't explain the latest brand switch but a recent 'dynamic+' site blocking order in.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices

Malicious submissions have been a fact of life for code repositories. AI is no different. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed backdoors and other types of.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 1st, 2024

GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack

GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) GitHub is struggling to contain an ongoing attack that’s flooding the site with millions of code repositories. Thes.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 28th, 2024

SBF asks for 5-year prison sentence, calls 100-year recommendation “grotesque”

Bankman-Fried argues for 63 to 78 months, says he "is already being punished." Enlarge / Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at US District Court on August 11, 2023, in New York City. (credit: Getty Images.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 28th, 2024

Apple under fire for disabling iPhone web apps—EU asks developers to weigh in

EU sent queries to Apple and app developers as Apple kills home screen web apps. Enlarge / An Apple Store in Hangzhou, China on February 20, 2024. European Commission officials are probing Apple's decision to remove hom.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 27th, 2024

Apple"s annual shareholder meeting tackling conservative fears, China, equality, & AI

Apple's annual shareholder meeting is being held on February 28, with shareholder proposals pushing for transparency from Apple on AI and addressing concerns held by conservative politicians, but Apple advises voting "against."Shareholder meeting to.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsFeb 26th, 2024

Kagan: Florida social media law seems like “classic First Amendment violation”

In oral arguments, Justice Thomas asks who speaks when an algorithm moderates. Enlarge / The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington D.C. in May 2023. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The US Supreme Court today.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 26th, 2024

Cybersecurity fears drive a return to on-premise infrastructure from cloud computing

42% of organizations surveyed in the US are considering or already have moved at least half of their cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures, a phenomenon known as cloud repatriation, according to Citrix. The survey showed that 94%.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsFeb 22nd, 2024