Collaborate Disseminate
When the Department of Defense finally made a decision in October on the decade long, $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, it seemed that Microsoft had won. But nothing has been simple about this deal from the earliest days, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that last night Amazon filed a motion to stop work […] Continue reading In latest JEDI contract drama, AWS files motion to stop work on project
The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players. Continue reading Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play
One of the most significant aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the fact that consumers in California now have the right to sue companies for their losses resulting from data breaches. While this seems significant, in reality, it’… Continue reading CCPA Class Action Likely Not Too Classy
Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills. Continue reading Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts
Is the Good Samaritan clause, intended to protect against harmful materials, too broad and ripe for abuse? The essence of information security is to allow “good” things in and keep “bad” things out, and various tools assist us in doing that. Included … Continue reading Can Antivirus Companies Use ‘Good Samaritan’ Defense to Block Rival Software?
Facebook is taking action against two Chinese nationals and a Hong Kong advertising firm for allegedly using the social media platform to distribute malware, then push misleading advertisements to try to make money. The lawsuit filed Thursday in the Northern District of California accuses ILikeAd Media International Company Ltd. and two individuals, Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao, of involvement with a scheme to dupe users into downloading malware. Then, the suit states, conspirators would use hacked accounts to advertise counterfeit goods and diet pills. Since April, Facebook has been notifying hundreds of thousands of users that their accounts may have been compromised by the scheme and instructing them to change their passwords, according to the complaint. Facebook has paid more than $4 million to reimburse victims for the fraudulent ads, per the complaint. The social media giant now is asking the court for injunctive relief to stop the defendants’ use […]
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A college student from Palo Alto, California is suing video-sharing service TikTok for allegedly using surveillance software designed to harvest personally identifiable information, including biometric data, and send it to China for reasons other than … Continue reading Lawsuit alleges TikTok sends user videos to Chinese servers for surveillance
An insurance company is arguing in court it should not be responsible for covering a $20 million lawsuit filed in connection with a data breach at a national restaurant and hospitality chain. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, an AIG subsidiary, argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 25 that it does not need to fund a legal defense for the Landry’s restaurant chain following a breach uncovered in 2015. JP Morgan Chase and its payment processing arm, Paymentech, filed suit in 2018 against Landry’s, alleging the company has failed to compensate the bank for breach-related costs. Chase accused Landry’s, which operates Bubba Gump Shrimp, Rainforest Café and Joe’s Crab Shack locations, among others, of failing to reimburse the bank for post-breach assessments conducted by Visa and Mastercard. Hackers spent months lurking inside Landry’s systems from 2014 to 2015, accessing customers’ payment […]
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WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group. Continue reading WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide
John Scott-Railton with Citizen Lab, who helped WhatsApp investigate the NSO Group over the alleged WhatsApp hack, said the subsequent lawsuit is a “certified big deal.” Continue reading WhatsApp Spyware Attack: Uncovering NSO Group Activity