Security News

New Cold Boot Attack Unlocks Disk Encryption On Nearly All Modern PCs
2018-09-13 12:33

Security researchers have revealed a new attack to steal passwords, encryption keys and other sensitive information stored on most modern computers, even those with full disk encryption. The...

'Five Eyes' Agencies Demand Reignites Encryption Debate
2018-09-04 15:59

Privacy and human rights organizations expressed concern Tuesday after a coalition of intelligence agencies renewed a call for technology companies to allow so-called "backdoor" access to...

Vault, QuintessenceLabs and Ziroh Labs to create encryption to secure government data
2018-08-31 12:43

Vault will collaborate with QuintessenceLabs and Ziroh Labs with the aim of creating secure and scalable package for enterprise file synchronisation and sharing (EFSS) systems hosted in an secure...

Microsoft Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption in Skype
2018-08-21 13:05

Skype users on the latest version of the messaging application can now take full advantage of end-to-end encryption in their conversations, Microsoft says. read more

How's that encryption coming, buddy? DNS requests routinely spied on, boffins claim
2018-08-20 07:03

Uninvited middlemen may be messing with message Most people's DNS queries – by which browsers and other software resolve domain names into IP addresses – remain unprotected while flowing over the...

Encryption doesn't stop him or her or you... from working out what Thing 1 is up to
2018-08-10 08:36

Why we hardly have to sniff the packet... to know you play tennis with an IoT racket You don't need to sniff clear-text Internet of Things traffic to comprehensively compromise a gadget-fan's home...

In encryption push, Chrome flags HTTP sites as 'non secure'
2018-07-24 15:35

The warnings aim to push sites to adopt HTTPS to prevent snooping.

Encryption gripes, election security, and mandatory cybersec school: DOJ releases first task force report
2018-07-20 19:12

Sessions debuts report on government's threat landscape The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its first report from its Cyber Digital Task Force, which was set up in February to advise...

Data Security Startup Enveil Unveils Homomorphic Encryption Platform
2018-07-03 14:24

Enveil's New "ZeroReveal" Platform Enables Homomorphic Encryption to Secure Data in Use read more

The IEEE is against mandated encryption backdoors
2018-06-28 20:13

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has added its voice to the chorus of security experts, privacy advocates, lawmakers and other prominent individuals who are against the...