Security News

There’s a way to use encrypted data without knowing what it holds (Help Net Security)
2016-08-10 17:37

Microsoft researchers have devised a way for third parties to make use the vast amount of encrypted data stored in the cloud by companies and individuals, without them actually having access to it...

Only a third of sensitive data stored in cloud-based applications is encrypted (Help Net Security)
2016-07-26 17:27

Despite the continued importance of cloud computing resources to organisations, companies are not adopting appropriate governance and security measures to protect sensitive data in the cloud,...

New Russian law to force service providers to decrypt encrypted comms (Help Net Security)
2016-06-29 21:28

An extremely wide-ranging anti-terrorism law has been passed last week by the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly (i.e. parliament), and it is widely expected to pass the upper house...

Decryption Utilities Unlock Files Encrypted by All TeslaCrypt Versions (Threatpost)
2016-06-10 16:16

Cisco released a decryption utility that unlocks files encrypted by all four versions of TeslaCrypt; Kaspersky Lab has also published a similar decryptor.