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.....»»
PoC for easily exploitable Fortra GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability released (CVE-2024-0204)
Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-0204) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT solution has been made public, sparking fears that attackers may soon take advantage of it. Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT is a web-based.....»»
Apple asks UK to dismiss $1 billion App Store class action suit
A UK tribunal is considering a bid by Apple to have a $1 billion lawsuit over App Store fees be dismissed on the grounds that the case's argument is "unsustainable."Store front at Apple Battersea, where Apple's UK headquarters isIn July 2023, a class.....»»
Learning to read in another language is tough: How Namibian teachers can help kids
In a classroom in Namibia's northern Oshikoto region, a teacher has written English vocabulary words on the chalkboard. She asks her learners to read them aloud. When they stumble with pronunciation, she corrects them. She also helps the youngsters t.....»»
AI-generated puffy pontiff image inspires new warning from Pope Francis
Francis fears "the creation and diffusion of images that appear perfectly plausible but false." Enlarge / A cropped portion of an AI-generated image of Pope Francis wearing a puffy coat that went viral in March 2023. (credit: @sk.....»»
Share With Care: 2,217 Domains Blocked, The Majority For Circumvention
This week marked the 10-year anniversary of 'Share With Care', an anti-piracy program that blocks pirate sites and then guides internet users to platforms where content can be consumed legally. With assistance from ISPs, over 2,200 pirate domains hav.....»»
‘£1m’ Pirate TV Box Seller Avoids Prison Due to Private Prosecution Delays
A man who sold "thousands" of piracy-configured TV boxes to customers in the UK has avoided prison, despite claims he generated up to £1 million. Jordon Longbottom faced a private criminal prosecution brought by the Federation Against Copyright Thef.....»»
FrostWire Returns to Google Play Store After Music Industry Takedown
With millions of users, BitTorrent client FrostWire is no small player. The content-neutral download tool distances itself from piracy but following an Indian music industry complaint, it was unavailable in the Play Store for more than a month. The '.....»»
BREIN Takes Down Virtual Pirate Streaming Worlds on VRChat
With technology developing at a rapid pace, virtual reality is expected to be a growth market for entertainment, including films. While it's a relatively small market today, pirates are already venturing into these new worlds, with anti-piracy organi.....»»
JW Player Suffers Severe Traffic Loss After Dynamic Piracy Blocking Blunder
A piracy blocking injunction handed down by an Indian court last September appears to have cost video delivery service JW Player over half of its usual website traffic from visitors in India. Plaintiffs Star India, Hotstar and Disney+ Hotstar, initia.....»»
Nigerian Police Bust Pirate Site Operators After Actress Suffers Panic Attacks
The Criminal Investigations Department of Nigeria's police has arrested five suspects in one of the largest online piracy actions ever carried out in the country. The suspects were identified following complaints from filmmakers, including actress To.....»»
Vietnam’s Pirate Site Blocklist Quietly Adds Torrent Sites
Vietnam has become a focal point in the international battle against online piracy. Rightsholders have repeatedly spurred on the government to take action and while grave concerns remain, Vietnam has recently expanded its site-blocking efforts by tar.....»»
ACE Shuts Down Popular Pirate Sites, 27+ ‘Instant Pirate Sites’ Fall Over
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, in partnership with TrueVisions, Thailand’s leading pay-tv provider, announced the shutdown of all domains associated with two popular pirate sites. ACE has labeled one of the targets a Piracy-as-a-Ser.....»»
Russia Piracy Takedowns Up By 100%, “Western Rightsholders to Blame”
Russian telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor is reporting a huge increase in the amount of infringing content it either blocked or deleted in 2023. The finger of blame for the 100%+ uplift over figures reported in 2022 can be found pointing towards Western.....»»
‘Canada is a Video Piracy Hotspot While Brazil Sees Piracy in Decline’
A recent report estimated that there were over 141 billion visits to pirate sites in 2023. This number is large, but rather meaningless without proper context. Today, we take a look at how piracy trends are evolving in different countries. Canada em.....»»
ACE Shuts Down Huge Football Piracy Ring, Total Destruction TBC
Right now, dozens of domains linked to live football piracy sites are redirecting to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Domains began displaying the ACE seizure banner on Saturday and the list has been growing ever since. Once complete, A.....»»
Sky Italia Targets Pirate Streaming App VancedFlix Through GitHub
GitHub has removed the popular pirate streaming app VancedFlix from its servers in response to a takedown notice sent by Sky Italia. The request targets a similarly named repository on the developer platform, as well as the app's APK file that's link.....»»
How "True Detective: Night Country" pulled off its most WTF moment
"True Detective: Nightmare Country" traps a living man in a "corpsicle." Here's how they pulled it off. My biggest fears used to be pretty basic: sharks, heights, failure — the classics. Then I watched episode 2 of True Detective: Night C.....»»
NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars
NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end......»»
Poorly secured PostgreSQL, MySQL servers targeted by ransomware bot
Users exposing poorly secured PostgreSQL and MySQL servers online are in danger of getting their databases wiped by a ransomware bot, Border0 researchers are warning. The attackers asks for a small sum to return / not publish the data, but those who.....»»
The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered: No Return tips and tricks for beginners
The Last of Us 2 Remastered has a roguelike mode that asks you to survive with limited resources across multiple encounters. Here's some tips for surviving it......»»