Security News

S/MIME artists: EFAIL email app flaws put a bomb under PGP-encrypted messages
2018-05-14 20:39

If a hacker can get into your inbox of ciphered messages, they may be able to read the content Security researchers have gone public with vulnerabilities in some secure mail apps that can be...

EFAIL Opens Up Encrypted Email to Prying Eyes
2018-05-14 20:09

The flaws threaten to expose corporate communications in Outlook as well as the messages of at-risk users like political dissidents.

Here's How eFail Attack Against PGP and S/MIME Encrypted Emails Works
2018-05-14 18:33

With a heavy heart, security researchers have early released the details of a set of vulnerabilities discovered in email clients for two widely used email encryption standards—PGP and S/MIME—after...

Critical PGP vulnerability could reveal text of your encrypted business emails
2018-05-14 12:45

The vulnerability, called EFAIL, is exploitable against encrypted email, including previously transmitted mail, according to researchers.

Emails Encrypted With OpenPGP, S/MIME Vulnerable to New Attacks
2018-05-14 12:40

Researchers from three universities in Germany and Belgium say they have discovered attack methods that can be used by malicious actors to read emails encrypted with OpenPGP and S/MIME, but some...

Critical Flaws in PGP and S/MIME Tools Can Reveal Encrypted Emails in Plaintext
2018-05-14 07:48

An important warning for people using widely used email encryption tools—PGP and S/MIME—for sensitive communication. A team of European security researchers has released a warning about a set of...

Virginia Beach Police Want Encrypted Radios
2018-05-09 14:42

This article says that the Virginia Beach police are looking to buy encrypted radios. Virginia Beach police believe encryption will prevent criminals from listening to police communications. They...

Twitter is Testing End-to-End Encrypted Direct Messages
2018-05-08 07:33

Twitter has been adopting new trends at a snail's pace. But it’s better to be late than never. Since 2013 people were speculating that Twitter will bring end-to-end encryption to its direct...

Amazon, Google Block Trick That Let Encrypted Chats Flow
2018-05-02 10:03

But 'Domain Fronting' Was Also Used to Mask Cybercriminal ActivityFollowing in Google's footsteps, Amazon has closed a technical loophole that helped some online services evade censorship filters,...

Forgot your Mac password? 3 ways to unlock startup disks encrypted with Apple's FileVault
2018-04-19 18:36

If you forget your Mac's login account password, you might not be able to access the data stored on a FileVault encrypted drive. Discover three methods for regaining access to your data.