Illegal streaming and downloading of sports and entertainment content declined slightly in France in 2025, despite the progressive rise of new ways of piracy through VPNs and IPTV, according to a report from Arcom. The French TV and digital regulatory body noted a 4 per cent year-on-year decrease in viewership for illegal treams, and this […]
Data breaches have long been the most visible measure of cybercrime. But while breach numbers appear to be trending in the right direction, a quieter and more personal threat has been growing in the background. Infostealers are a type of malware that silently harvests everything stored on a victim’s device. Research from cybersecurity company NordVPN, […]
LALIGA, the Spanish football governing body, and Telefónica Audiovisual Digital (TAD) report that they have been notified of several orders from Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba by which the ‘inaudita parte’ precautionary measures requested against NordVPN and ProtonVPN are granted, recognising the responsibility of these technological intermediaries in the process of piracy of LALIGA […]
The digital entertainment environment continues to evolve with increasingly complicated access restrictions across borders. Media companies and online platforms now routinely implement region-based blocking tools to comply with regional regulations and licensing agreements. These digital boundaries create varied accessibility depending on geographic location, often leaving consumers confused when unexpected access limitations appear. The technical structure […]
Canal+ has secured a ruling from the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of over 200 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers. In accordance with the ruling, a legal first, VPN providers NordVPN, CyberGhost, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, and Proton are now required to block access to 203 domain names used […]
Onestream, a provider of high-speed broadband services in the UK, has announced a partnership with NordVPN, a global player in virtual private networks (VPNs). Through this partnership, Onestream customers will gain access to NordVPN’s industry-leading VPN service at a discounted rate, allowing them to browse the internet securely and privately. “At Onestream, we prioritise our […]
Between 2021 and 2023, the total audience of illegal cultural and sporting content websites in France has been reduced by 27 per cent, passing from 11.7 million monthly Internet users to 8.5 million users, according to French regulatory body Arcom. According to its 2023 roundup on cultural and sport content, streaming and direct downloads remain […]
In an era marked by escalating threats to online privacy, the imperative for robust data protection methods has reached unprecedented levels. The ascent of cloud VPN services is a pivotal development, providing individuals and businesses with a secure bastion to fortify their online privacy and security. Beyond mere anonymity, these services establish a secure tunnel, […]
Internet users increasingly rely upon virtual private networks (VPNs) to ensure their online privacy, but VPN providers have a dubious track record of breaking promises to safeguard their customers’ privacy, engaging in shady efforts to woo potential customers, and associating with entities in the dark underbelly of the Internet that target users for harm, according […]
Geolocation security specialist GeoComply has unveiled what it says an industry-first technology for streaming providers that tightens the net around pirate viewers. The enhancement to GeoGuard allows streaming providers to block the growing number of VPN users who spoof their location using hijacked residential IP addresses. In addition to reducing the burden on providers’ infrastructure […]