The New York Times vs. OpenAI: A Turning Point for Web Scraping?

In a recent blog, we covered the blurry lines of legality surrounding web scraping and how the advent of artificial intelligence AI and large language models LLMs further complicates the matter. Shortly after publishing the blog, a significant legal development began unfolding: The New York Times...

Fluxion - Set Up Fake AP, Fake DNS, And Create Captive Portal To Trick Users Into Giving You Their Password

Fluxion is a security auditing and social-engineering research tool. It is a remake of linset by vk496 with hopefully less bugs and more functionality. The script attempts to retrieve the WPA/WPA2 key from a target access point by means of a social engineering phishing attack. It's compatible wit...

Google Wins Epic Java Copyright Case Against Oracle

Google has finally won six-year long $9-billion legal battle with Oracle over the use of Java APIs in Android. Oracle filed its lawsuit against Google in 2010, claiming that the company illegally used 11,500 lines of Java code in its Android operating system, violating copyrights owned by Oracle...

Changes to DMCA Protect Jailbreaking, Some Security Research

A new change to the much-maligned Digital Millennium Copyright Act free users who jailbreak their iPhones and other mobile handsets from worries about prosecution under the provisions of the DMCA that prevented circumvention of protection technologies. A separate change announced Monday also give...