Category Archives: copyright infringement

U.S. Army Says it Nuked Trickbot, but Microsoft and Chums Claim Credit

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In the dog-days of last week, a shadowy group of secret sources in U.S. Cyber Command whispered to reporters that they’d disrupted a huge, ransomware-spewing botnet.
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Brute-Forced Copyrighting: Liberating All The Melodies

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Bluntly stated, music is in the end just applied physics. Harmony follows — depending on the genre — a more or less fixed set of rules, and there  are a limited amount of variation possible within the space of music itself. So there are technically only so many melodies possible, …read more

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Russian Police Raided NGINX Moscow Office, Detained Co-Founders

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Russian law enforcement officers have raided the Moscow offices of Nginx—the company behind the world’s second most popular web server software—over a copyright infringement complaint filed by Rambler, a Russian Internet portal and email service provid… Continue reading Russian Police Raided NGINX Moscow Office, Detained Co-Founders→

Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

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Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites. Continue reading Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites→

Attackers Sending Fake Copyright Infringement Notices to Instagram Users

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Digital attackers are targeting high-profile Instagram users with fake copyright infringement notifications in a bid to hijack their accounts. Detected by Kaspersky Lab, this scheme begins when an Instagram influencer receives an email notification inf… Continue reading Attackers Sending Fake Copyright Infringement Notices to Instagram Users→