- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 17th, 2016
Simple Encryption Algorithm Allows Decryption of Crypt38 Ransomware
Crypt38 ransomware had a short life, is already defeated
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 12th, 2016
Google to Remove Weak "Crypto" Provider in Android N
Developers should migrate to other Java encryption providers
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 8th, 2016
GitHub Pages Gets HTTPS Support
GitHub will force all new GitHub Pages to use HTTPS starting June 15, but not those running on custom domains
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 4th, 2016
New Attack Extracts Cryptographic Keys from a Computer's Emanated Sounds
New side-channel attack leverages coil whine
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 23rd, 2016
Snowden Warns Everyone Not to Use Google's Allo App
Edward Snowden is not a fan of Google's new IM app
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22nd, 2016
Student Who Found Flaws in Police Communications Protocol Gets Prison Sentence
Student gets a suspended 15 months prison sentence
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 19th, 2016
Scientists Find New Way to Generate Random Numbers, Encryption Could Get a Boost
University of Texas researchers find a way to merge two low-quality sources of random numbers into high-quality output
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 10th, 2016
SS7 Attack Circumvents WhatsApp and Telegram Encryption UPDATED
Who needs to break encryption when you can impersonate your targets thanks to flaws in mobile protocols
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
Tor Developer Accuses the FBI of Harassment
Tor developer Isis Agora Lovecruft explains her unpleasant dealings with the FBI for the past six months
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 3rd, 2016
Google Turns HTTPS On by Default for All Blogger Sites
Only subdomain blogs are supported for now
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 3rd, 2016
Microsoft Moves to Deprecate SHA-1 Certificates in Edge and Internet Explorer
Company announces an official timetable for SHA1 deprecation
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 1st, 2016
Valve Fixes Steam Crypto Bug That Exposed Passwords in Plaintext
19-year-old college student fixes Steam's crypto
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- April 27th, 2016
GParted 0.26.0 Launches with Read-Only Support for LUKS Encrypted Filesystems
Progress bars have been added for file system copy methods
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 22nd, 2016
Dutch Police Shuts Down Blackberry PGP-Based Mobile Network
Another battle opens on the encryption front
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 21st, 2016
Chinese National Sentenced to Death After Leaking 150,000 Classified Files
Chinese man leaked details about China's encryption
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 19th, 2016
BlackBerry CEO Explains "Lawful Access" to Company's Master Decryption Key
John Chen responds to media accusations of supplying Canadian police with a fully working "encryption backdoor"
- Google News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 16th, 2016
Google Updates Web Store Policy to Expose Data-Slurping Extensions
Company will start banning infringing extensions on July 15