Peer-to-Peer Network Security

Tiversa today announced the findings of new research that revealed 13,185,252 breached files emanating from over 4,310,839 sources on P2P file-sharing networks within a twelve month period from March 01, 2008 - March 01, 2009. This new data clearly demonstrates that P2P file-sharing risk is not effectively being addressed by the security protocols of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, as these organizations commonly have exposure across the Extended Enterprise. Tiversa’s findings also hint at the enormity of the issue at hand.

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Released on May 21^st, 2009

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Posted by Khaleej Times Online - INTERNATIONAL  (AFP)

WASHINGTON DC - Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been singled out by members of the US Congress for ‘alarming levels’ of piracy of copyrighted movies, music, video games and other entertainment.

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By Nick Farrell

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 11:22

IT LOOKS LIKE the music industry doesn’t think it got enough out of the Pirate Bay trial and wants to have the three founders fined for every day that the site continues to operate.

According to AFP, Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner Music want their tame judge to fine Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde as long as their file-sharing catalogue website continues to function.

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Written by Jack M. Germain - TechNews World

File-sharing: For some, the term conjures up notions of mutual gain, free movies and music, and an unending stream of delicious data, courtesy of a worldwide network of friends who just want to give. However, there’s a pretty steep downside as well. Aside from the possibility of getting hauled to court for copyright violations, P2P users must constantly guard against sharing files they don’t want shared.

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Hardens enforcement stance

Updated The UK film industry today backed the record industry’s long-running campaign for laws to force ISPs to cut off persistent illegal file sharers from the internet.

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By rhea

A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected music, movies and software.

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LOS GATOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — BitTorrent extended its dominance as the most popular file sharing application for unauthorized content, and while infringements in the U.S. have dropped, Spain, Italy and France have surged, according to an annual report on digital piracy issued by BayTSP today.

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Written by Elinor Mills

In September 2008 police began arresting alleged members of Dark Market, an underground Internet forum for buying and selling credit card data used for identity fraud. The sting wouldn’t have been possible without the work of FBI agent J. Keith Mularski who spent two years infiltrating the group.

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Written by Jaikumar Vijayan

Computerworld -  Data on the Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that was recently reported as being illegally accessed by foreign cyberspies has been available for more than four years on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, the CEO of a software vendor said at a legislative hearing today.

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