The recent announcement by the FTC that sensitive information from nearly 100 organizations had been compromised through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks underscores the risks of this technology.

A lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County, Calif., Superior Court alleges that Comcast Corp. intentionally interferes with Internet file sharing and blocks or slows some applications to a “mere ...

NBC recently filed a proposal to have the FCC regulate file-sharing applications. Now, consumer groups are outraged at the proposal that would essentially control what programs are used on PCs.

Attempting to deny the undeniable has become the accepted practice for many file-sharing companies especially as it relates to the ability to filter. As the former CTO of one of those companies, I ...

A recent report from Ponemon Institute shines light on the lack of oversight IT security leaders have over the file sharing practices within their own company. Based on a survey sponsored by ...

Eric Trexler joined Forcepoint in January 2018 as vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales. In this role, Trexler is responsible for all domestic and international sales ...

File sharing sites simply change their protocols every so often, and end users can employ tools like proxy servers to overcome traditional defenses. Moreover, applications and user behaviors ...

It's nothing that hasn't been said before but yet another survey today highlights the alarming lack of controls inside organisations for stopping the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing applications by ...

File-sharing through the dozens of software piracy mills on the Internet and well-known peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, eDonkey, Gnutella, LimeWire and Grokster accounts for ...

Network access control (NAC) is saving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $40,000 per year by keeping students from illegally using peer-to-peer file-sharing applications. When the school ...

My University has recently decided to "crack down" on users of peer-to-peer file sharing utilities. I do not regularly use any of the current applications out there, but am none-the-less upset at ...

China intends to regulate file-sharing among nearby mobile devices which could impact the use of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) AirDrop and other such file-sharing applications, South China Morning Post ...