Security News

Apple Steps Up Encryption to Thwart Police Cracking of iPhones
2018-06-13 22:34

Apple said Wednesday it was strengthening encryption on its iPhones to thwart police efforts to unlock handsets without legitimate authorization. The move by Apple, the latest in an ongoing clash...

Pixel 2 encryption is so good it can even fend off insider attacks, Google says
2018-06-01 13:18

New Android security features for the Pixel 2 prevent attackers from installing malicious firmware on the security module in a lost or stolen device.

Encryption of AMD EPYC VMs can be broken, researchers prove
2018-05-29 17:54

AMD EPYC server chipsets are supposed to provide a high level of security, but a German team has managed to gain control through a hypervisor exploit.

Attack Bypasses AMD's Virtual Machine Encryption
2018-05-29 09:56

A group of German researchers has devised a new attack method capable of bypassing AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). read more

Researchers Defeat AMD's SEV Virtual Machine Encryption
2018-05-28 08:48

German security researchers claim to have found a new practical attack against virtual machines (VMs) protected using AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology that could allow...

Epyc fail? We can defeat AMD's virtual machine encryption, say boffins
2018-05-25 19:45

Evil hypervisors can lift plain-text info out of ciphered memory, it is claimed German researchers have devised a method to thwart the security mechanisms AMD's Epyc server chips use to...

Researchers crack open AMD's server VM encryption
2018-05-25 19:45

SEV attack would let hypervisors lift memory contents A group of German researchers have devised a method to thwart the VM security in AMD's server chips.…

S/MIME, PGP, OMG! EFAIL encryption flaw leaves emails vulnerable to secret snooping
2018-05-14 20:39

Researchers punch hole in encryption classics Security researchers are going public with a vulnerability that is leaving some secure mail apps vulnerable to decryption.…