Anti-Piracy
Study: Italy Sees Dip in AV Piracy, but Problem Persists (Advanced Technology)
A study by FAPAV/IPSOS reveals that the acts of audiovisual piracy in Italy decreased slightly in 2023 to 319 million, down from 345 million in 2022. Some 39 per cent of Italian ad... More
AI Could Enable a Golden Age of Audio Piracy (MIDiA Blog)
Now that the digital monetization seal has been broken, it is not likely we will return to the days of P2P file-sharing. Whether through subscriptions, advertising, or data capture... More
AWS Users are Getting a Big Security Boost with Passkey Support (ITPro)
Amazon Web Services is adding support for FIDO2 passkeys as a multi-factor authentication (MFA) option, as the cloud giant prepares to boost the security requirements around more u... More
Piracy Shield and Overblocking: Helping You Read Between the Lines (Friend MTS Blog)
Friend MTS pioneered server-blocking technologies nearly a decade ago, and have been the most successful – and safest – provider of blocking services and support for sports lea... More
Irdeto Wins for Anti-Piracy at the 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Irdeto have been selected as the winner of the Anti-Piracy category at the 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. (more…)... More
ITV Teams With Friend MTS in the Battle Against Piracy
Friend MTS announced that ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, has chosen Friend MTS’s anti-piracy services to help protect ITV content. With Friend MTS’s 24×7 Glob... More
Research: Streaming Piracy Growing in Nordics (Advanced Television)
Piracy has been a challenge for the Nordic media market for many years. Despite efforts to limit piracy, illegal consumption of films, series and live sports is growing in most Nor... More
How to Choose the Right Network Security Monitoring Product (CSO)
Network security monitoring software is essential because it enhances security by detecting threats in real time and ensures operational efficiency by minimizing downtime and optim... More
How AI Is Transforming Novice Hackers Into Turbocharged Attackers (Verimatrix Insights)
Today, using pretty basic skills and decent prompting capabilities for AI, it’s possible for novice hackers by the thousands to quickly gain the advanced blueprints needed to bec... More
Apple Touts Stopping $1.8B in App Store Fraud Last Year in Latest Pitch to Developers (TechCrunch)
Apple released new data about anti-fraud measures related to its operation of the iOS App Store on Tuesday morning, trumpeting a claim that it stopped over $7 billion in “potenti... More
NAGRA and Adobe’s Frame.io Win NAB Product of the Year for Solution That Protects Pre-release Content Against Piracy
NAGRA announced that the integration of NAGRA NexGuard Forensic Watermarking with Adobe’s Frame.io has received industry recognition with a prestigious Product of the Year award,... More
The Ins and Outs of CDN Leeching: The Next Generation of Online Video Piracy (Irdeto Insights)
Video piracy has emerged as one of the persistent threats looming over the video entertainment industry, with ever-evolving techniques created to bypass content security measures. ... More
Securing the Future of Streaming: Scalstrm and EZDRM Strategic Partnership
Scalstrm and EZDRM announced their strategic partnership aimed at expanding the envelope of video content security for broadcasters, OTT providers, and other streaming video platfo... More
Golden Globes Screeners Go Digital-Only as Organization Teams with Indee on Streaming Platform (THR)
The service, which will help content providers reach hundreds of Globes voters spread around the world, is being facilitated by Indee, which also handles secure streaming for PGA A... More
The Counterspy Effect: Operational Efficiency and the End of Piracy Losses (Verimatrix Blog)
Maria Malinkowitsch, Director of Product Management at Verimatrix, and Dr. Klaus Schenk, SVP of Security and Threat Research at Verimatrix, discuss how Counterspy is setting new st... More
EZDRM: Las Vegas Reflections
The overall EZDRM team experience was distinctly positive, confirming our strong inclination towards a solutions perspective and major partner pre-integrations that reduce risk and... More
Agora Partners With EZDRM to Bring Content Protection to Live Broadcasting
The partnership aims to deliver secure, interactive experiences that protect valuable content while engaging audiences on a deeper level.... More
MPA Plans Movie Piracy Crackdown (Advanced Television)
Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, has confirmed the body will work with Members of Congress to enact judicial site-blocking legislation in the US.... More
The Two-Fisted Approach to Knocking Out Video Piracy (Verimatrix Blog)
Anyone who follows boxing knows that having more than one punch in a boxer’s arsenal makes that person harder to beat. This allows the boxer to adapt to changes more quickly, con... More
The Counterspy Effect: Operational Efficiency and the End of Piracy Losses (Verimatrix Blog)
We sat down with Maria Malinkowitsch, Director of Product Management at Verimatrix, and Dr. Klaus Schenk, SVP of Security and Threat Research at Verimatrix, to discuss how Counters... More