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Canadian Heartbleed hacker arrested, charged in connection to malicious bug exploit
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 06:57
A 19-year-old student has been arrested for allegedly exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability to steal taxpayer data from as many as 900 Canadians, authorities said Wednesday.
The arrest of Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police marks the first time authorities anywhere have publicly levied charges in connection to the malicious exploitation of a defect in the widely used OpenSSL cryptography library.
Obama administration backs disclosing software vulnerabilities in most cases
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-04-14 05:01
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama favors disclosing to the public vulnerabilities in commercial and open source software in the national interest, unless there is a national security or law enforcement need, the country’s spy agency said.
"Copyright troll" Prenda Law completely bombs at appeals court
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-09 05:28
Prenda Law, the firm that became controversial as a prolific "copyright troll" by suing thousands with lawsuits over downloading porn movies, has fallen apart over the course of the last year. The organization and the lawyers widely believed to be behind it—John Steele, Paul Hansmeier, and Paul Duffy—have been sanctioned by numerous federal judges.
While Prenda has settled a few cases, most of the Prenda setbacks, including the original hammer-drop from US District Judge Otis Wright, are actually being appealed.
Samsung sues newspaper for $284k over negative reports on Galaxy S5
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-04-08 03:35
According to a report by the Korean language MediaToday (machine translation), Samsung is taking issue with negative reports related to the Galaxy S5 camera.
Samsung alleges the news source published incorrect information, while the news site appeared to defend its reports, stating that "the story fits the facts" and was not a "false alarm."
Apple demands over $2B from Samsung for patent infringement
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-02 00:18
Samsung should pay more than US$2 billion for repeated infringement of Apple patents in more than 37 million smartphones sold in the U.S., a Silicon Valley jury was told Tuesday as a trial between the two companies got underway after more than two years of preparation.
Apple opened its case by declaring, "the reason the damages are high is because the scope of Samsung's infringement is massive," but Samsung hit back soon after, telling the jury that the Apple figure was "a gross, gross exaggeration and an insult to your intelligence."