Security News

Steam Patches Broken Crypto in Wake of Replay, Padding Oracle Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-04-27 16:43

The digital gaming platform Steam was quick to patch a cryptographic issue in the client recently that could have allowed an attacker to read sensitive information sent over its network, take over...

Researcher develops tool that blocks OS X crypto-ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-04-21 16:47

In his spare time, security expert Patrick Wardle (who’s also director of R&D at Synack) creates

The many faces and tactics of Jigsaw crypto-ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-04-20 14:00

The Jigsaw crypto-ransomware got its name from the main bad guy from the popular horror movie franchise Saw, as its initial ransom note (either in English or Portuguese) shows the image of a very...

Burr-Feinstein Anti-Crypto Bill Slammed by Critics (Threatpost)
2016-04-11 18:28

Security and privacy advocates, along with IT business leaders, slam the Burr-Feinstein bill as misguided and detrimental to encryption.