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Galaxy Report On NFT Rights; What About Web3 to Web2 User Generated Content

by rossitaArt, Cyber-Incidents, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Metaverse, Reform August 23, 2022No Comments

For some reason, many people still believe that buying an NFT gives them ownership over intellectual property in original works. The Galaxy Report may have found the culprit of this widespread misconception: intentional misrepresentation. As if you didn\’t know that buying an mp3 doesn\’t give you IP rights to the song encoded in it. You …

Bell v. L3d Distributing, 2021 FC 832, Inducement of Copyright Infringement

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Intellectual Property, Litigation August 21, 2021No Comments

Inducement of copyright infringement is a novel cause of action recognized for the first time in Bell Canada v. L3d Distributing where the Federal Court awarded a group of media broadcasters over $25M in statutory damages for the streaming of unauthorized content on defendants pre-programmed set-top boxes. In cases of \”whack-a-mole\” patterns of infringement where …

Key Ransomware Variants In Canada

by rossitaCyber-Incidents August 19, 2021No Comments

Under the new Technology and Cyber-Security Reporting Advisory, financial institutions must report incidents within 24 hours in writing. Here is a list of examples of reportable incidents: Scenario Name Scenario Description Impact Cyber Attack Account takeover botnet campaign is targeting online services using new techniques, current defenses are failing to prevent customer account compromise High …

Bielarus CyberPartisans Mega Attack

by rossitaCyber-Incidents August 10, 2021No Comments

Summary Judgments in Copyright Claims: The War Has Changed

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Intellectual Property, Litigation July 30, 2021Comments are Disabled

Courts are progressively moving away from their passive caution in matters of patent or copyright infringement where serial infringers are thriving on the slowness and inefficiency of the justice system to keep infringing in the course of proceedings. One way to curtail the modus operandi of Canadian infringers who rarely have a valid defence as …

Indica Records Cyber-Phishing Upgraded

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Entertainment July 28, 2021No Comments

I don\’t know why the Indica label is so popular among incompetent cyber-criminals. Even Desjardins impersonators are not that persistent, but here we go again. It is important to keep in mind that this can happen to any business. Every website out there can be used as a front to commit phishing and other attacks, …

Mobile Verification Toolkit To Detect Pegasus Spyware In Personal Devices

by rossitaCyber-Incidents July 23, 2021No Comments

The human rights organization Amnesty International has developed a utility called MVT (Mobile Verification Toolkit) that allows you to identify the Pegasus malware in your device and its source code is available on GitHub.The MVT utility is compatible with Android and iOS, but there are no ready-made solutions for the quick installation of the application. …

Spyware Tracks Journalists And Activists Via Microsoft

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Remote Work Privacy July 19, 2021Comments are Disabled

This just in. At least 100 activists, journalists and government dissidents across 10 countries were targeted with spyware produced by Candiru, according to cybersecurity researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which tracks illegal hacking and surveillance. https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/activists-journalists-targeted-by-israeli-firms-spyware-researchers-say Using a pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows, cyber operatives operating in Saudi Arabia, Israel, …

France: Vente de vrais certificats vaccinaux sur Snapchat via Amazon

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Français July 17, 2021No Comments

Nous avons déjà rapporté des incidents de vente de QR codes vaccinaux sur le dark net dès le mois d\’avril 2021, mais ces incidents comme tout ce qui est \”dark web\” ne forment qu\’une infime partie du traffic mondial d\’usurpation de tests de dépistage et de certificats vaccinaux. Depuis ses débuts, l\’internet de surface (grace …

Owsianik v. Equifax Canada, 2021 ONSC 4112

by rossitaCyber-Incidents, Litigation July 8, 2021No Comments

One in 6 Ontario class actions allege privacy violations. This dynamic may change following the Divisional Court\’s determination in Ohsianik v. Equifax that collectors and guardians of personal data (“Database Defendants”) cannot be liable for intrusion upon seclusion when third parties steal or access that data. Liability is suppressed even where database defendants are alleged …