Torrents of trouble

Source: Business Standard

It is necessary, therefore, to think through the legal and practical issues here carefully, while acknowledging and privileging the moral right of creators to be compensated for their work. Some creators of conte ...
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Anonymous hacks Reliance's Internet filtering server

Source: ZDNet

Summary: Screenshot claims Reliance Communication’s website filtering and blocking server has been hacked by Anonymous to block other websites. Internet Service Providers in India are blocking torrent, file shar ...
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Hackers threaten fresh wave of anti-capitalist web rioting

Source: The Register

A new activist group is drumming up recruits for a cyberwar campaign against corporate giants due to launch on Friday, 25 May. TheWikiBoat intends to hit a high profile list of more than 40 multinationals - inclu ...
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Wireless Hotspots

Source: OpPapers.com

What risks and safeguards are associated with wireless communication? What is “war driving” or “war flying”? Are you comfortable (or would you use) a wireless “hot spot” to do computer work? What safeguards might you use in ac ...
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The Ethics of Attention: Bots for Civic Engagement

Source: Hacker News

Last month, Ethan Zuckerman of the Center for Future Civic Media (MIT Media Lab) posted a great article on his blog called The Tweetbomb and the Ethics of Attention (constituting Part I to this story, so make sure you read it! ...
Full article at: Hacker News  More like this  2 days ago, 1:23pm CDT

Anonymous helps push Quebec protests online

Source: Canada.com

The unmasked threat was part of an Anonymous video broadcast early Saturday, just as the international hacktivist collective brought down 13 Quebec government and police websites, as it officially launched #OpQuebec and brought the ongoing street prote ...
Full article at: Canada.com  More like this  3 days ago, 6:04pm CDT

This Week In Internet Censorship: Hackers DDOS Eurovision and Indian websites, France Calls Out Amesys, South Korean Podcasters Under Fire

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Eurovision Song Contest Sets Stage for Online Protest Last Thursday, Azeri hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom temporarily took down four different websites for the Eurovision Song Contest, which i ...
Full article at: Electronic Frontier Foundation  More like this  3 days ago, 1:42pm CDT

Bredolab BotHerder Gets Four Years for 30 Million Infections

Source: Wired

Armenia handed down its first computer crime sentence on Tuesday with punishment of the mastermind behind the Bredolab botnet. A district court sentenced 27-year-old Georgy Avanesov, a Russian citizen of ...
Full article at: Wired  More like this  3 days ago, 1:06pm CDT

Researchers Say They Snuck Malware App Past Google’s ‘Bouncer’ Android Market Scanner

Source: Forbes Blogs

Google’s “Bouncer” is letting some of the wrong characters into the Android club. Or at least, it’s not throwing them out when they start to misbehave. That’s the claim, at least, of a pair of researchers from the cybersecurity ...
Full article at: Forbes Blogs  More like this  3 days ago, 12:58pm CDT