News in the Legal category

Disney Sued for Tracking Children Without Permission via Mobile Games

A disgruntled parent has filed a lawsuit against Disney and three software developers for collecting personal information about her kid via the company's mobile games.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 05, 2017
- 08:45 PM
- 1
Companies Can't Use Keyloggers to Spy on Employees, Says German Court

The German Federal Labour Court has ruled that companies can't install keyloggers to monitor employees because such an action violates personal privacy rights.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 05, 2017
- 04:03 AM
- 0
MalwareTech Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Kronos Trojan, To Be Released on Bail

Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher known as MalwareTech, has pleaded not guilty to today in a Las Vegas court to charges of creating and updating the Kronos banking trojan, according to his lawyer Adrian Marie Lobo.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 04, 2017
- 07:56 PM
- 0
Ukrainian Firm Facing Legal Action for Damages Caused by NotPetya Ransomware

The Juscutum Attorneys Association, a Ukrainian law firm, is rallying NotPetya victims to join a collective lawsuit against Intellect-Service LLC, the company behind the M.E.Doc accounting software, the point of origin of the NotPetya ransomware outbreak.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 03, 2017
- 12:15 AM
- 0
Judge: Pacemaker Data Isn't More Private Than Other Things, Can Be Used in Arson Trial

An Ohio judge ruled at the beginning of July that data collected from a person's pacemaker logs is admissible in court, in the first decision of its kind.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2017
- 08:45 AM
- 1
22,000 People Agree to Clean Toilets Because Nobody Reads Terms & Conditions

Over 22,000 users unwittingly agreed to clean public toilets when they connected to free WiFi hotspots at various UK establishments.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 17, 2017
- 02:15 PM
- 5
Man Pleads Guilty to Manipulating Lottery Winning Tickets via Hacked Computer

Eddie Tipton, 54, admitted to creating malware in the form of a DLL file, which he loaded on the secure computers of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MSLA), a company that runs lotteries in 33 states, but also in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11, 2017
- 06:06 AM
- 0
Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down after $104 Million Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission has shut down the operator of a large network of online loan sites that allegedly promised to find people the loans with the lowest rates, but actually sold users' data to third-parties, most of which weren't even lenders.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 09, 2017
- 06:32 PM
- 0
EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans

To combat electronic waste and abusive practices like manufacturers legally preventing users from repairing their devices, the EU is preparing legislation that would legalize a customer's "right to repair," and would force vendors to design products for longer life and easier maintenance.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 08, 2017
- 06:32 PM
- 10
W3C Brazenly Ignores All Critics and Approves Browser DRM Standard

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced this past week its intention to promote the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) draft as an official standard in the upcoming future.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 08, 2017
- 03:05 PM
- 3
Google Fined $2.7 Billion for Tweaking Search Results

The European Commission has hit Google with a record fine of €2.42 billion ($2.72 billion) for abusing its dominant market position and tweaking search results to favor its Google Shopping service to the detriment of its direct competitors.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 27, 2017
- 07:50 PM
- 0
Fired Employee Hacks and Shuts Down Smart Water Readers in Five US Cities

A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced Adam Flanagan, 42, of Bala Cynwyd, PA to one year and one day in prison for hacking and damaging the IT networks of several water utility providers across the US East Coast. The sentence was passed down last week for crimes committed in the spring of 2014.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 25, 2017
- 03:40 AM
- 6
95% of Windows 10 PCs Have a Modern Antivirus Installed

Microsoft has responded to a complaint filed by Kaspersky Labs, which accused the OS maker of using its dominant market position to push its antivirus — Windows Defender — on Windows 10 users, on the detriment of third-party AVs.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 21, 2017
- 11:01 AM
- 2
FBI Arrests Vicious Criminal Who Uploaded "Deadpool" Movie on Facebook

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that the FBI had arrested a Fresno man for uploading a pirated copy of the Deadpool movie on Facebook.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 16, 2017
- 05:45 PM
- 3
Hacker "Sagade" Extradited to the US for Role in Scareware Scheme

Peteris Sahurovs, a Latvian hacker known as "Sagade," was extradited to the US and appeared in Minneapolis court today in regards to accusations of running a scareware operation that pocketed the crook and his partners over $2 million.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 12, 2017
- 07:35 PM
- 0
Tech Support Scammers Lose Their "Hard Earned" Money in FTC Settlements

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled with a collective of tech support scammers, who were forced to forfeit assets valued at nearly $6 million.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 09, 2017
- 09:52 AM
- 1
EFF Sues FBI for Records About Paid Geek Squad Informants

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the FBI for the purpose of obtaining documents that reveal more details about the Bureau's close relationship with Geek Squad, a Best Buy division specialized in computer repairs.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 01, 2017
- 04:45 AM
- 0
Lexmark Loses Supreme Court Case. Users Can Sell Refurbished Ink Cartridges

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a company's patent claims end after the first sale and customers can refurbish and sell old products without the threat of being sued under patent laws by the product's original manufacturer.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 30, 2017
- 03:56 PM
- 0
Microsoft Sues Chinese Company for Hacking Xbox Accounts

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese company that operates an online service that sells virtual gaming currencies, accusing the company of hacking into Xbox accounts and illegally purchasing game coins via the account owners' credit card.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 28, 2017
- 04:35 PM
- 0
Proposed US Bill Would Legalize Aggressive "Hack Back" Attacks

A US congressman is currently tinkering away at a proposed bill that will legalize some "hack back" counter-measures that breached companies can take to stop and identify ongoing cyber-attacks, and recover their data.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26, 2017
- 04:52 AM
- 0