Security News

ProtonMail Launches Encrypted Contacts Manager
2017-11-22 14:11

Swiss-based encrypted email services provider ProtonMail announced on Tuesday the launch of a new tool designed to help users securely manage their contacts. read more

Flaw in F5 Products Allows Recovery of Encrypted Data
2017-11-20 17:01

A crypto vulnerability affecting some F5 Networks products can be exploited by a remote attacker for recovering encrypted data and launching man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, the company told...

Texas Shooter’s Phone Encrypted
2017-11-07 20:32

The FBI cannot access a cellphone belonging to the dead suspect in Sunday’s Texas shooting, a situation that could reignite the government’s debate over encryption.

Files Encrypted by Bad Rabbit Recoverable Without Paying Ransom
2017-10-27 18:44

Some users may be able to recover the files encrypted by the Bad Rabbit ransomware without paying the ransom, Kaspersky researchers discovered after analyzing the malware’s encryption...

Clinic Pays Ransom After Backups Encrypted in Attack
2017-10-17 19:48

Situation Spotlights Tough Decisions Healthcare Entities Can Face After Ransomware StrikesA small Missouri clinic admits paying a ransom to unlock data after a ransomware attack in August...

Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months
2017-10-12 01:58

Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out. From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both...

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...