Security News

GCHQ: Crypto's great, we're your mate, don't be like that and hate (The Register)
2016-03-08 10:42

Security News This Week: WhatsApp Is Caught in Its Own Crypto War in Brazil (WIRED)
2016-03-05 13:51

NetRandom generates, delivers true random numbers for crypto operations (Help Net Security)
2016-03-04 15:31

At RSA Conference, Whitewood Encryption Systems has launched netRandom, a suite of products that transforms the way high-quality true random numbers are accessed across the traditional datacenter,...

New attack steals secret crypto keys from Android and iOS phones (ArsTechnica)
2016-03-03 23:00

Apple Hackers, Crypto Experts Ask Courts to Vacate Order (Threatpost)
2016-03-03 22:47

An amicus brief filed on behalf of well known past and present Apple hackers asks the government to vacate its order asking Apple to unlock a terrorist's phone.

DROWN Flaw Illustrates Dangers of Intentionally Weak Crypto (Threatpost)
2016-03-02 21:10

The massive DROWN vulnerability resurrects fears over lingering export-grade cryptography

Crypto pioneers Diffie and Hellman win Nobel Prize of Computing (Help Net Security)
2016-03-02 18:18

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery has announced at RSA Conference that it has awarded crypto pioneers Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman the 2015 ACM A.M. Turing Award for critical...

Diffie, Hellman scoop $1m Turing Award for key work on crypto keys (The Register)
2016-03-02 12:51

Crypto Panel Experts Clash on FBI-Apple Debate (Threatpost)
2016-03-01 22:10

The annual Cryptographers' Panel at RSA Conference took on the FBI-Apple debate head-on, and could not arrive at a unified conclusion.

Week in review: Linux Mint hack, crypto ransomware hits hospitals, and educating policymakers on cybersecurity (Help Net Security)
2016-02-29 13:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Can poorly designed embedded devices kill? The industry is not taking safety and security seriously enough, according...