Security News

Global geopolitical changes driving encryption adoption (Help Net Security)
2017-02-17 12:02

Recent global geopolitical changes have made more people and organizations than ever worry about the privacy of their data, and consider increasing their use of encryption to ensure their data is...

Ugly Password Gaffe Plagues Cryptkeeper Encryption App (Threatpost)
2017-01-31 18:02

Debian developers are recommending that the Cryptkeeper Linux encryption app be pulled from the distribution after a universal password was found.

AG Nominee Backs Law Enforcement’s Ability to ‘Overcome’ Encryption (Threatpost)
2017-01-24 17:07

President Trump’s attorney general pick Jeff Sessions says law enforcement should be able to “overcome” encryption in criminal investigations.

Key Transparency: A secure directory of public encryption keys (Help Net Security)
2017-01-17 13:15

Google has released Key Transparency, an open source public directory meant to simplify the discovery of intended recipients’ public encryption key. The project is still in the prototype phase,...