- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 2nd, 2015
File-Encrypting Malware Poses as Google Chrome Update
Crooks have set up a dynamic redirection mechanism
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 31st, 2015
Web Databases Encrypted in New Ransomware Scheme
Attackers wait a while before sending their money request
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 24th, 2015
Most Popular Apps in Google Play Store Use Weak Cryptography for Sensitive Data
Software relies on insecure data protection properties
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 23rd, 2015
MegaChat End-to-End Encrypted Chat Service Launches in Beta
Apparently over 15 million are already using the service
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 21st, 2015
Ransomware Incidents on an Upward Trend, FBI Warns
CryptoWall draws the attention of the Bureau
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 20th, 2015
PolarSSL Library Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
Future release includes patch, workaround already available
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 13th, 2015
UK Prime Minister Wants Law Enforcement to Read Encrypted Communication
Government should be able to snoop in, David Cameron says
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 9th, 2015
Eight Security Vulnerabilities Patched by OpenSSL Project
Devs remind that older builds will be discontinued this year
- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 14th, 2014
2015 Could Be the Year of the Ransomware
Small and mid-sized businesses may be hit more often
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 27th, 2014
Godiva Chocolatier Laptop Stolen, Info on Employees Exposed
Companies should tighten the security policies
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 15th, 2014
New Encryption Ransomware Offers File Decryption Trial
Symmetric encryption is not less dangerous than asymmetric
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 14th, 2014
Sheriff’s Office Pays Ransom to Unlock Files Encrypted by CryptoWall
A backup solution would have spared them all the trouble
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 8th, 2014
Snowden Calls Out FBI Director on Phone Data Access Comments, Says Warrants Are Enough
Although the FBI wants Google and Apple not to give users encryption tools, it still claims it doesn't want backdoors
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 7th, 2014
Ex-NSA Lawyer Warns Google, Apple That Encryption Was BlackBerry's Downfall
Encryption is a bad thing as long as NSA can't get its hands on people's personal data without a warrant
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- November 4th, 2014
New Flash Drive from Patriot Reaches 150 MB/s Despite Encryption
Hardware AES 256-bit security will keep your files safe
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 3rd, 2014
TextSecure Is a Safe Chat Client, Researchers Find
Eliminating the risk of unknown key-share attack is possible
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 31st, 2014
Crowti Crypto-Malware Hits the United States
Ransomware is funneled in through malicious email campaigns, drive-by attacks or other malware droppers