Tech

Quick Summary The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 1, 2026, that an international operation disrupted infrastructure used by Sality botnet, malware associated with a peer-to-peer botnet active since 2003. Authorities seized Sality-linked domains, while government and private-sector partners redirected some botnet communications through a sinkhole. That is meaningful disruption, but it does not

Quick Summary New York City’s subscription-cancellation rule takes effect on October 1, 2026. It covers automatic-renewal and continuous-service offers and requires businesses to provide a simple cancellation method that is as easy to use—and uses the same medium—as the method the consumer used to sign up. This is a New York City rule, not a

Quick Summary The Federal Trade Commission finalized orders on August 26, 2026, against Cox Media Group and two marketing firms over a service called “Active Listening.” The companies had promoted it as using an algorithm to detect conversations captured from consumers’ smart devices and target local advertising. The FTC did not find that the service