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Malware Hiding in Video Content Poses New Risks
Spanning traditional viruses and spyware to back doors and bots, malware covers a wide range of attack methods . One form currently making the rounds is of particular concern to content producers. It...
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As Google Buys Nest, Could Fadell’s Dream End Up a Nightmare?
NEST Thermostat (Photo credit: jeffwilcox) Hot on the heels of technology companies at CES 2014 selling their visions of the future, Google buys Nest, a manufacturer of smart home devices like...
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Tech’s Biggest Brand Names Stumble Towards Ad Scams Action
Malware logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In flagging display ad scams, the biggest names in the tech sector have finally flagged a key concern for everyone online. Unfortunately, in doing so, the likes...
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Popcorn Time Malware & Wars: No Honor Among Thieves
It’s tough to keep the worst pirates down, even when they’re fighting among themselves. Popcorn Time, the free streaming video site that easily facilitated the theft of major movies and tv shows for a...
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Malvertising Plagues Bad Ads and Piracy Sites
Malware warnings – Yahoo! (Photo credit: Channy Yun) Hot on the heels of voicing our concerns over Popcorn Time malware last week, a U.S. Senate report announced that malvertising – malware delivered...
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As Pirate Sites Go Mobile, Malware Will Follow
Two interesting headlines this week that simply have to be drawn together: the increasing issue of mobile malware and the arrival on smartphones of Popcorn Time, the infamous movie and TV streaming...
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Digitally Insecure? Why We’re Our Own Worst Enemy
In light of the recent celebrity hacking scandal that released compromising personal photos to the world, it’s fair to say that most of us are sympathetic to the victims of private data theft . But...
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TAG Initiative Helps Advertisers Take Aim at Rogue Sites
If you’ve ever wondered how ads for trusted brands end up on some of the sketchiest sites on the web, you’re not alone. For years, online advertising technology – or at least the way it is applied –...
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Cyber Security: The Future of Protecting IP & the U.S. Economy
Last week marked a number of notable events related to online safety, culminating in an address by President Obama on the state of cyber security. At an inaugural summit on the subject at Stanford...
View ArticleTAG Gains Momentum Fighting Ad Malware and Piracy Sites
It seems like only a few months ago that we were pinning anti-piracy advertising hopes on a new entity known as the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), a diversely-backed organization aiming to...
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