Security News

WhatsApp, Signal group chats not as secure as users might believe
2018-01-11 18:34

Researchers have discovered flaws in the way WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema messaging apps handle secure (encrypted) group communication, which could result in unauthorized users getting added to...

Standalone Signal Desktop Messaging App Released
2017-11-01 16:46

Signal, a popular secure messaging application, is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux computers as a standalone program. read more

Signal Introduces Private Contact Discovery
2017-09-28 10:05

Open Whisper Systems announced this week that it’s working on a new private contact discovery service for its privacy-focused communications app Signal. read more

Signal Testing New Private Contact Discovery Service
2017-09-27 17:16

Signal is testing out a new private contact discovery service that will let the app determine if a user has Signal contacts in their address book, but forbid its servers from accessing the users’...

Senate Testimony: SEC Chairman Signals Cyber 'Mea Culpa'
2017-09-26 12:48

Regulator Also Launches 'Cyber Unit' to Investigate 'Cyber-Related Misconduct'The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, will promise the Senate banking committee that...

Wi-Fi holography: Generate a 3D image of space using stray Wi-Fi signals (Help Net Security)
2017-05-25 13:30

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a holographic imaging process that depicts the radiation of a Wi-Fi transmitter to generate three-dimensional images of the...

Malware Network Communication Provides Better Early Warning Signal (Threatpost)
2017-05-24 15:10

An academic paper to be presented today at IEEE posits that analysis of network signals provides a better early warning of malware than infections than current practices.

Senate’s Use of Signal A Good First Step, Experts Say (Threatpost)
2017-05-18 16:05

The Senate's use of the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is a good first step in protecting U.S. democratic institutions, but much more needs to be protected.

The US Senate Is Using Signal (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-17 19:45

The US Senate just approved Signal for staff use. Signal is a secure messaging app with no backdoor, and no large corporate owner who can be pressured to install a backdoor. Susan Landau comments....