The European Commission failed to find evidence of collusion among the major music labels and Apple to quash free music streaming services such as those offered by Spotify, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter. Investigators examined whether the labels conspired with one another or with Apple on Apple’s new streaming music service in a way that would hurt rivals.
A group of China-linked hackers that has mowed through the databanks of major American health insurers and stolen personnel records of U.S. military and intelligence agencies has struck at the heart of the nation’s air-travel system, say people familiar with investigations of the attacks. Sabre Corp., which processes reservations for hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels, confirmed that its systems were breached recently, while American Airlines Group Inc., the world’s biggest carrier, said it is investigating whether hackers had entered its computers.
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks. According to the officials, the "sophisticated cyber intrusion" occurred sometime around July 25 and affected some 4,000 military and civilian personnel who work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies have identified a vulnerability in Android phones that could let hackers take over devices remotely, steal personal data and even turn phones into spying devices. The "Certifi-gate" vulnerability takes advantage of preloaded apps that allow mobile carriers and manufacturers to remotely access your phone to troubleshoot problems.
Internet firms such as Cisco, Google and Amazon will be subject to a new EU cybersecurity law forcing them to adopt tough security measures and possibly report serious breaches to national authorities, according to a document seen by Reuters. The so-called Network and Information Security Directive has been stuck in talks between member states and EU lawmakers because of disagreements over whether to include digital platforms such as search engines, social networks, e-commerce sites and cloud computing providers.
YouTube has removed an official song for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to “multiple third-party” complaints of copyright infringement. The song, called “The Ice and Snow Dance”, had come under fire after various reports and YouTube users said it sounded too similar to “Let it Go”, a song featured in Disney’s 2013 hit film “Frozen.”
China is planning to set up "network security offices" in major Internet companies and for websites so authorities can move more quickly against illegal online behavior, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. Police should take a leading role in online security and work closely with Internet regulators, the deputy minister, Chen Zhimin, told a conference in Beijing.
Apple Inc. won a ruling beating back a group lawsuit sought by a former iPhone user who claimed the company’s messaging system interfered with delivery of texts after she switched to an Android-based smartphone. Plaintiff Adrienne Moore said in her complaint filed in San Jose, California that Apple’s iMessage retains text messages sent from other users of Apple devices and wouldn’t deliver them to her Samsung phone running on Google Inc.’s Android operating system.
The European Commission is working with the United States on the final details of a commercial data-sharing deal that was put up for renegotiation following leaks two years ago that exposed U.S. mass surveillance practices, a document seen by Reuters showed. The European Commission, the EU executive, has been negotiating with the United States since January 2014 to reform an existing agreement allowing companies to transfer data easily between the two areas, known as "Safe Harbour."
Arguments were heard in a multi-million dollar cybersquatting case filed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences against domain name registrar GoDaddy. Legal representatives for the organisation, more commonly known as the Academy and which hosts the Academy Awards (Oscars), claimed that GoDaddy showed “bad faith intent to profit” from 293 domains that were registered by third parties with the registrar.
Harman International Industries Inc, which supplies car infotainment systems to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and many other manufacturers, said the hacking risk that led to the recall of 1.4 million Chrysler vehicles last month seemed to be restricted to the Italian-American automaker. "We do not believe this problem exists in any other car outside of Fiat Chrysler," Harman Chief Executive Dinesh Paliwal said in an interview with Reuters.
An international group of Internet experts has released a proposal for how the U.S. can cede oversight of the non-profit that manages the Internet’s names and addresses. The 199-page document follows the U.S. Commerce Department’s controversial announcement last year that it would transfer its stewardship of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to a global network of interested parties.
Bowing to a public outcry, the Indian government said it would lift a days-old ban on hundreds of pornographic websites after critics accused the government of encroaching on personal freedoms. Over the weekend, Indian authorities ordered Internet providers to block 857 websites deemed to carry pornographic material, saying the ban was needed to protect public morality.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. convinced a federal appeals court to reverse most of a $1.54 billion damage award to Carnegie Mellon University in a closely watched patent case. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that Marvell infringed the two patents at issue in the case, which cover technology related to computer disk drives.
For seven days, hackers used Yahoo’s ad network to send malicious bits of code to computers that visit Yahoo’s collection of heavily trafficked websites, the company said. The attack, which started on July 28, was the latest in a string that have exploited Internet advertising networks, which are designed to reach millions of people online.
A U.S. appeals court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 4 in lawsuits that challenge the Federal Communications Commission's "net neutrality" rules, which prevent broadband providers from blocking or slowing Internet traffic, the court said.
The clash over protecting a free-flowing Internet while also fighting online piracy has shifted to an unlikely and largely unknown setting: a legal battle about teeth-alignment devices at a federal trade body. A U.S. appeals court will consider whether federal tariff law gives the International Trade Commission the power to order a halt to foreign digital transmissions into the U.S. when those communications infringe U.S. intellectual property.
China is moving to limit the lightly regulated world of Internet payments, an initiative that some critics warn could stifle development in one of the most innovative sectors of the economy. The draft rules issued by China’s central bank place curbs on online payment services -- limiting fund transfers, capping the size of daily transactions and increasing the requirements users must meet to prove their identities.
Two researchers have found that several known vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of all the top PC makers can also hit the firmware of Apple computers. What’s more, the researchers have designed a proof-of-concept worm for the first time that would allow a firmware attack to spread automatically from MacBook to MacBook, without the need for them to be networked.
Federal courts historically have been quick to dismiss plaintiff claims of on-going harm when their data is snatched in a breach, but a crack is appearing in that logic that could change how liability is gauged for hacked corporations and fuel class-action lawsuits against those companies. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit began to question the depth of on-going harm to victims by overturning a district court that had tossed a class-action lawsuit against Neiman Marcus over a 2014 data breach.
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