Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users

Categories: Personal

Tags: reddit

Tags: copyright

Tags: piracy

Tags: court

Tags: case

Tags: movie

Tags: film

Tags: producer

Tags: pirate

Tags: torrent

Tags: steal

Tags: theft

Tags: download

Tags: IP

A Judge has thrown out a case where multiple movie producers sought to deanonymise Reddit users for posts they made in 2011.

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Black Cat ransomware group wants $4.5m from Reddit or will leak stolen files

Categories: Business

Tags: reddit

Tags: ransom

Tags: black cat

Tags: ransomware

Tags: extortion

Tags: blackmail

Tags: data

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at news that data stolen from Reddit may be leaked soon unless the site pays a cool $4.5m to keep it offline.

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A week in security (August 22 – August 28)

Categories: News

Tags: cryptojackers

Tags: CISA

Tags: Reddit

Tags: social engineering

Tags: Google

Tags: PLex

Tags: Hikvision

Tags: patch management

Tags: ChromeOS

Tags: Twitter

Tags: Binance

Tags: Gitlab

Tags: TrickBot

Tags: LastPass

The important security news of this week

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Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities

Categories: News

Tags: stolen images

Tags: explicit

Tags: theft

Tags: compromise

Tags: blackmail

Tags: threats

Tags: reddit

Tags: video

We look at a report highlighting how explicit images are being shared without permission, and how this often leads to additional harassment.

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Rules on deepfakes take hold in the US

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:59:33 +0000

Rather than creating new policies or crimes for deepfakes—like making it illegal to use them to deceive—the NDAA seeks a better understanding to the burgeoning technology.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 49

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:10:35 +0000

In this edition of the podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss the Black Hat USA conference, a downside of Fortnite coming to Android, the Reddit hack, and our latest report on the state of malware.

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A week in security (July 30 – August 5)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:07:39 +0000

A roundup of the security news from July 30 – August 5, including cryptomining, big data, social engineering, and more.

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