China's parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. Chinese officials say their country faces a growing threat from militants and separatists, especially in its unruly Western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in violence in the past few years.
While plenty of cyberattacks are still conducted by the stereotypical "hacker in a basement," state-sponsored hacking is also on the rise -- prompting Yahoo to become the latest tech company to offer warnings of such attacks. In a blog post, chief information security officer Bob Lord said Yahoo will offer specific security suggestions to users who appear to be the targets of state-sponsored attacks.
Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone, Apple has asked a U.S. court to force its biggest smartphone rival to cough up even more. In court papers, Apple Inc. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes nearly $180 million in supplemental damages and interest.
YouTube said T-Mobile US Inc. is interfering with its video traffic, raising a new issue as federal regulators examine the wireless carrier’s streaming-video strategy. T-Mobile recently began offering a program that delivers video at lower quality in exchange for waiving related data fees. YouTube and its allies say T-Mobile also is lowering the quality of video that isn’t part of the program, including YouTube clips.
Technology companies have nothing to fear from China's new anti-terrorism law which aims to prevent and probe terror activities and does not affect their copyright, China's Foreign Ministry said, rebuffing U.S. criticism as unwarranted. The draft anti-terrorism law has caused concern in Western capitals as it could require technology firms to install "back doors" in products or to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government.
A New Zealand judge ruled that Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the United States to face multiple charges that include copyright infringement and money laundering. Lawyers for the German-born entrepreneur, 39, who now lives in Auckland, New Zealand, said an appeal has been filed.
A U.S. trade judge said Nvidia Corp. infringed Samsung Electronics Co. patents, offering another win for the Korean gear-maker in a running legal battle between the electronics companies. The findings against chip-maker Nvidia by a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington are subject to review by the full agency, which can block products from entering U.S. markets.
Apple has won a complete victory in a lawsuit that claimed the company wiretaps Android users by intercepting, and then failing to deliver, texts sent from iPhones to Android phones. A federal judge ruled to dismiss the case with a single-sentence order.
Facebook’s plan to provide limited Internet services for free in India has run into a roadblock, with the country’s top Internet regulatory body requesting its local partner to temporarily suspend the program. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asked Reliance Communications to cease providing Facebook’s Free Basics program to its customers until further notice, the Times of India reported.
Hyatt Hotels announced it has discovered malware on computers used for payment processing at its hotels. The company did not specify when the attack occurred, but said an investigation is ongoing.
A top cyber security researcher has warned German banks that their retail payment systems have security flaws that could allow fraudsters to steal payment card PIN codes, create fake cards or siphon funds from customer or merchant accounts. Karsten Nohl, who is credited with revealing major security threats in mobile phones, automobiles, security cards and thumb-sized USB drives, told Reuters he has found critical weaknesses in software that runs retail point-of-sale terminals in Germany.
With governments threatening crackdowns on encrypted communications after the jihadist-inspired attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and Paris, Apple pushed back hard, arguing that lawmakers who talk about gaining court-ordered access to iPhone communications do not understand the technology. “The best minds in the world cannot rewrite the laws of mathematics,” the company told the British Parliament, submitting formal comments on a proposed law that would require the company to supply a way to break into the iMessage and FaceTime conversations of iPhone users.
U.S. and European aviation authorities are at odds over one of the industry’s hot-button issues: devising ways to protect an array of aircraft from potential cyberattacks. Regulators and committees of experts on both sides of the Atlantic are considering beefing up standards for onboard electronics to shield airliners, business jets and small private planes from such threats.
The Federal Trade Commission unveiled its rules for how native advertising on the Internet has to look, spelling out what qualifies as deceptive and what doesn’t. The FTC’s “Enforcement Policy Statement on Deceptively Formatted Advertisements” is a wonky 16-page document that fundamentally affirms what the FTC has already said about deceptive advertising more generally.
Oracle Corp has settled allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to notify customers about unaddressed hacking dangers when it released security updates for the estimated 850 million U.S. computers with Java SE software, the agency said. The FTC alleged that Oracle promised consumers that its updates would make the software "safe and secure."
Sazerac — the spirit maker behind the long-standing Fireball Cinnamon Whisky — has filed a lawsuit against Jack Daniel's in Louisville's District Court, claiming the company's use of the term "Fireball" in Google advertisements for its Tennessee Fire whiskey has infringed upon Sazerac's trademark rights. Sazerac Brands of Louisville and its parent company — Sazarac Company, Inc. — are demanding that Jack Daniel's, a division of Louisville, Kentucky,-based Brown-Forman, be enjoined from using the term in any of its marketing, distribution or sales.
Iranian hackers infiltrated the control system of a small dam less than 20 miles from New York City two years ago, sparking concerns that reached to the White House, according to former and current U.S. officials and experts familiar with the previously undisclosed incident. The breach came amid attacks by hackers linked to Iran’s government against the websites of U.S. banks, and just a few years after American spies had damaged an Iranian nuclear facility with a sophisticated computer worm called Stuxnet.
SoundCloud announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with PRS for Music, the music rightsholder that launched legal action against SoundCloud in August. The release from SoundCloud says it has signed an international deal with PRS for Music that will bring the company's artists to SoundCloud's music streaming service.
The identities and personal details of 3.3 million Hello Kitty customers have leaked online, including names, email addresses, dates of births and passwords, which are encrypted but would be relatively easy for an attacker to crack. The huge database of customer details was uncovered by security researcher Chris Vickery who shared details with security blog Salted Hash over the weekend but to date the company behind the anthropomorphized character, Sanrio, has not confirmed the breach.
Swedish mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said it had signed a patent license deal with Apple Inc over technology that helps smartphones and tablets connect to mobile networks, sending its shares up much as 8 percent. The deal ends a year-long dispute with Apple, one of the biggest legal battles in mobile technology and Ericson said it would pave the way for cooperation between the companies on future technologies.
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