Security News

Deleted Signal Messages Linger on macOS
2018-05-15 15:57

Messages from the Signal desktop application for Mac are not deleted from the machine, but instead copied to the notifications bar, where they persist, a security researcher warns. read more

Signal Flaw Allowed Code Execution With No User Interaction
2018-05-15 14:26

An update released over the weekend for the desktop version of the privacy-focused communications app Signal patches a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited for remote code...

Hackers Reveal How Code Injection Attack Works in Signal Messaging App
2018-05-14 21:48

After the revelation of the eFail attack details, it's time to reveal how the recently reported code injection vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app works. As we...

Severe Bug Discovered in Signal Messaging App for Windows and Linux
2018-05-12 07:03

A security researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app for Windows and Linux desktops which could allow remote attackers to execute...

Self-destructing messages received on 'Signal for Mac' can be recovered later
2018-05-09 16:18

It turns out that macOS client for the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal fails to properly delete disappearing (self-destructing) messages from the recipient's system, leaving the...

Free Speech Advocates Blast Amazon Over Threats Against Signal
2018-05-03 11:54

Secure-messaging firm Signal was told by Amazon not to use its AWS servers for domain-fronting, a technique used to enable communications in countries such as Egypt, Oman, Qatar and UAE where the...

AWS sends noise to Signal: you can't hide behind our server names
2018-05-02 01:58

Moxie Marlinspike bemoans Bezos' bit barns joining Google in Domain Fronting ban Amazon has followed Google's example by lowering the boom on a practice called “domain fronting” that organisations...

WhatsApp Co-founder Invests $50 Million in Signal
2018-02-22 17:15

Open Whisper Systems, the organization behind the privacy-focused messaging app Signal, announced on Wednesday the launch of the Signal Foundation, with an initial investment of $50 million from...

Skype, Slack and Signal Vulnerable to Critical Framework Bug
2018-01-24 19:21

The team behind the popular open-source framework Electron warns a remote code execution flaw could compromise user privacy.

DoS attacks against hard disk drives using acoustic signals
2018-01-16 19:31

A group of Princeton and Purdue researchers has shown that it’s possible to mount a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against hard disk drives via acoustic signals. Threat severity Hard disk drives...