Security News

Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence
2018-05-21 14:54

The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates...

Signal bugs, car hack antics, the Adobe flaw you may have missed, and much more
2018-05-19 08:29

EFF wins another privacy battle, ICE chips off AI spy plan Roundup Here's your guide to this week's infosec news beyond what we've already covered.…

Another severe flaw in Signal desktop app lets hackers steal your chats in plaintext
2018-05-16 14:18

For the second time in less than a week, users of the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app have to update their desktop applications once again to patch another severe code injection...

Serious XSS vulnerability discovered in Signal
2018-05-16 10:37

Researchers have discovered a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all desktop versions of Edward Snowden’s favourite security application, Signal.

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...