Security News

Hacking Team pitches encryption-cracking tools to US law enforcement (Help Net Security)

2015-11-02 13:52

Hacking Team, the Italian company that provides offensive intrusion and surveillance software to governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, is back in the saddle, knocking on the doors of...

#encryption #hacking #lawenforcement #security #tools #US

I got tired with the lack of security in embedded devices, so I designed my own encryption and authentication protocol and implemented a prototype. I would love some feedback. (Reddit)

2015-10-30 11:36

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File encryption tool quot;Cyber Crypto 1.0quot; broken almost immediately after release; author insults software engineers who identified the issues, rather than fixing it. (Reddit)

2015-10-28 22:36

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European Parliament failure to protect net neutrality 'threatens encryption', says Berners-Lee (SC Magazine)

2015-10-28 18:10

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'Govt will not pass laws to ban encryption' Baroness Shields (The Register)

2015-10-28 16:36

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SHA-2 encryption will make many sites inaccessible to users who can't afford newer tech (Help Net Security)

2015-10-26 11:31

A group of security researchers has recently announced that it's highly likely that effective collision attacks that would break SHA-1 encryption will be revealed by the end of 2015. "We estimate ...

#encryption #tech #security