The bMighty Blog -- Piracy

New Media Trojan Exploits Bad Old Piracy, P2P Habits

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:33 AM ET | Jul 11, 2008

A particularly aggressive new Trojan takes advantage of the oldest of vulnerabilities -- human nature. Hiding in pirate software sites, the Trojan infects the music and video files of illegal software seekers, then spreads when those files are peer-shared.

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Justice Breyer's Data Exposure A Reminder Of P2P File Risks

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:24 PM ET | Jul 10, 2008

The news that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's personal information was among thousands of other personal data files compromised as a result of a file-sharing snafu raises a couple of issues, chief among them whether or not peer-to-peer file sharing via public programs is ever appropriate for business info.

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Business & E-Business | Finance/Accounting | Government | IT | Operations | Piracy | Security | Services

McAfee: Hong Kong Now Dominates Dangerous Domains List

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:50 AM ET | Jun 4, 2008

The malware map, like malware itself, keeps changing. McAfee's latest look at where the bad things grow shows a surge in .hk-based threats, moving the Hong Kong extension to the top of the list.

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Business & E-Business | International | Piracy | Security

Ooops -- Microsoft Nags More Office Users Than It Meant To

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:12 AM ET | Apr 21, 2008

Microsoft's latest attempt to track down illegitimate copies of its programs -- in this case Office -- went a bit (and way more than a bit) farther than the company intended last week when it released an Office piracy detector worldwide, instead of to the four countries the program targeted.

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Hardware & Software | International | Piracy | Security | Windows | bMighty

Locking Down Stolen Laptops About to Become Simpler

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:47 AM ET | Apr 8, 2008

Mobility offers small and medium businesses a way to improve productivity. One downside is the difficulty in protecting sensitive information if a laptop computer is stolen or --more likely-- left behind as executives scurry from place to place.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Piracy | Security

FBI Cybercrime Figures: Losses Up, Crimes Down

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:27 AM ET | Apr 4, 2008

The new FBI cybercrime figures offer plenty of statistics to scare us, even more to keep us on our toes, and a smidgen of hope among the bad news.

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Business & E-Business | Government | Internet/Web | Piracy | Security

P2P Points To Plenty Of Business Problems

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:17 PM ET | Mar 17, 2008

Turns out the problems with peer-to-peer file-sharing goes way beyond piracy. A new investigative piece indicates that there's plenty of business and personal data afloat on P2P networks.

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Business & E-Business | IT | Piracy | Security

Software Anti-Piracy Efforts Target Small Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:52 PM ET | Nov 26, 2007

Why are the big software companies going after small businesses for software piracy? Because they can!

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Company Size: 1-49 | Hardware & Software | Piracy | Security