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100m Facebook User’s Details – Coming to a Torrent Near You

Published on August 2, 2010 By ccorbet

Details of 100m Facebook users have been collected and published In quasi-dangerous P2P News, Security consultant, Ron Bowes, used software to scan Facebook and gather publicly available information of 100m users.  According to BBC News, “The list, which has been shared as a downloadable file, contains the URL of every searchable Facebook user’s profile, their [...]

Ensure Your Users Upgrade to Windows 7 SP1 Legitimately

Published on June 30, 2010 By ccorbet

According to The Register, Windows 7 SP1 Beta has been leaked on torrent networks.  This is fairly common in the software world… once the P2P world gets their hands on a piece of software, it spreads like an oil spill in the gulf coast. Its important to make sure your users don’t download this illegal [...]

P2P Copyright Infringers Beware – Your Identity is Fair Game

Published on June 30, 2010 By ccorbet

The second US Circuit Court of Appeals has OK’d the unmasking of identities of copyright infringers to the media outlets that follow proper process.  What does this mean?  Get caught downloading movies or music illegally and you have no rights to anonymity.   The P2P Networks like BitTorrent are typical means for individuals to download and [...]