Security News

Tech Giants Warn of Crypto Flaw in Infineon Chips
2017-10-16 13:55

Microsoft, Google, HP, Lenovo and Fujitsu have warned customers of a potentially serious crypto-related vulnerability affecting some chips made by German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon...

ICANN Postpones Scheduled DNS Crypto Key Rollover
2017-09-29 15:00

ICANN, the overseer of the Internet’s namespace, announced this week that it was postponing a scheduled change to the cryptographic key that protects the Domain Name System.

North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto-Currency Exchanges: FireEye
2017-09-12 12:32

Over the past several months, threat actors believed to have ties with North Korea have been targeting crypto-currency exchanges to obtain hard currencies for the Pyongyang regime, FireEye says. read more

Ross Anderson on the History of the Crypto Wars in the UK (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-29 11:38

Ross Anderson gave a talk on the history of the Crypto Wars in the UK. I am intimately familiar with the US story, but didn't know as much about Britain's verson. Hour-long video. Summary....

'Real People' Don't Want Crypto, UK Home Secretary Claims (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-14 18:48

British Government's Love Affair With Scapegoating Encryption ContinuesBritain's home secretary claims that "real people" don't really want unbreakable, end-to-end encryption - they just like cool...

'Real People' Don't Want Crypto, UK Home Secretary Claims (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-02 16:03

British Government's Love Affair With Scapegoating Encryption ContinuesBritain's home secretary claims that "real people" don't really want unbreakable, end-to-end encryption - they just like cool...

Week in review: Windows 10 against crypto ransomware, satellite phone comms decryption (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 01:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016 The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide...

Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library (The Hackers News)
2017-07-04 00:32

Security boffins have discovered a critical vulnerability in a GnuPG cryptographic library that allowed the researchers to completely break RSA-1024 and successfully extract the secret RSA key to...

Windows 10 will use protected folders to thwart crypto ransomware (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 15:29

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (the next major update of Microsoft’s popular OS) is scheduled to be released in September, and will come with major new end-to-end security features. As announced...

Crypto-Locking Ransomware Attacks Spike (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-27 14:33

Ransomware-as-a-Service Market Expands Beyond Affiliates to 'Elite' ProgramsWith massive profits available to criminals who can infect PCs and servers and extract a ransom, it's no surprise that...