Security News

Apple macOS High Sierra Bug Exposes Passwords of Encrypted APFS Volumes As Hint
2017-10-06 01:24

A severe programming error has been discovered in Apple's latest macOS High Sierra 10.13 that exposes passwords of encrypted Apple File System (APFS) volumes in plain text. Reported by Matheus...

How attackers can take advantage of encrypted tunnels
2017-10-02 13:30

Many organizations are not actively examining the encrypted traffic in their network. According to a Venafi survey, roughly a quarter (23%) of security professionals don’t know how much of their...

75,000 Turks Arrested So Far for Downloading Encrypted Messaging App
2017-09-15 01:23

WARNING: If you are Turkish and using or have installed ByLock—a little-known encrypted messaging app—you could be detained by Turkish authorities. You might be thinking why??? Because using this...

Bounty for Encrypted Messaging Exploits: $500,000 (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-24 15:03

Zero-Day Exploit Vendor Zerodium Seeks Exploits for Signal, WhatsApp, TelegramThere's another option for governments trying to overcome the end-to-end encryption barrier: buy a zero-day software...

Researchers Find Phishing Site Encrypted with AES (Threatpost)
2017-08-14 15:20

A phishing site seeking Apple credentials and victim payment card information is encrypted with AES, researchers at Ring 0 Labs said.

Mozilla sets up private, encrypted file sharing service for large files (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 18:10

Mozilla has launched an online service for private sharing of encrypted files between two users. It’s called Send, and it’s meant to ensure users’ shared files do not remain online forever....

FedEx May Have Permanently Lost Data Encrypted by NotPetya (Security Week)
2017-07-20 13:54

FedEx-owned international delivery services company TNT Express is still working on restoring systems hit last month by the destructive NotPetya malware attack, but some business data may never be...

Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages (Security Week)
2017-07-14 12:05

Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. read more

Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 22:02

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, is threatening to ban the use of popular encrypted messaging app Telegram. The request Roskomnadzor is a federal agency tasked with overseeing that...