Tag: video streaming
The Phone Scam Aimed at New Customers of Disney and Amazon Video Streaming
Jim Browning's vigilante hacking showed how the classic tech support scam has been adapted to target users of Disney+ and Prime Video.
Suspended Sentence for Fraudster Who Stole and Sold Passwords for Streaming TV
32 year old Darren Walker made 'thousands of pounds' by selling compromised account details for BT Sports and Sky TV.
Content Piracy: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
The unlawful distribution of copyrighted content consumes almost a quarter of all internet bandwidth. Comms providers should automate the discovery of piracy on their networks.
Assuring Revenues from Streaming Video Is Increasingly Important
A survey by Applicaster shows why telco RA professionals should consider reapplying their skills to streaming video.
Aussie Hacker Made $500,000 by Finding and Reselling Netflix Credentials
23 year old Sydney web developer Evan McMahon was shown leniency because of his age and autism.
Police Take Down Pirate Streaming App with 100mn Users
Mobdro was believed to have been the most downloaded pirate streaming app in the world.
Streaming Will Kill Other Television
AT&T's woes following the purchase of satellite broadcaster DirecTV for USD49mn in 2015 are representative of fundamental changes in how people consume video.
Police Seize Servers and Block Website of Pirates Who Sold 20,000 Streaming Multimedia Devices
EUR1.9mn was made by pirates using a Swiss company to sell devices that connected to video servers in several European countries.
RAG TV: Assuring PPV Revenue and Preventing Refiling
The final episode of RAG TV Season 2 featured two classy communicators: Kathy Romano of global media firm Discovery and Bryan Rowe of innovative fraud developers Six Degrees.
RAG TV Exceeds 10,000 Views
The pandemic has been tragic, but has accelerated necessary change. We must not waste the unexpected gift of bringing our community together online.
Spanish Police Disconnect Pirate IPTV Service with 2mn Customers
Over 40,000 television channels, movies and series were used to generate an estimated USD17mn of illegal profit.
2,000 Viewers for Virtual Telecoms Risk Conference
Google reports that the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) received visitors from 470 cities in 93 countries across both days of the RAG Online conference.
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