Security News

Signal users can now make their messages disappear (Help Net Security)
2016-10-12 17:06

Open Whisper Systems’ Signal, the messaging app favoured by Edward Snowden and many other users who want and need to keep their communication safe and private, is now also offering the option of...

Disappearing Messages Added to Signal App (Threatpost)
2016-10-12 17:05

Open Whisper Systems announced that it has added the disappearing messages feature to the Signal encrypted messaging app.

Subpoena for Signal Messaging Data Renders Little (Threatpost)
2016-10-05 10:00

Open Whisper Systems, the group behind Signal, was served with a subpoena earlier this year but was unable to produce most of the data it was asked for.

Signal Adds iPhone Access to Desktop App (Threatpost)
2016-09-27 16:37

iPhone users can now use Signal’s secure messaging app between their iOS device and their Mac OS or Windows desktops.

Bugs in Signal Messaging App Corrupt Attachments, Crash App (Threatpost)
2016-09-16 18:11

Signal has fixed bugs in its Android messaging app that allow an attacker to corrupt an encrypted attachment and remotely crash the application.

Signal bug lets attackers tamper with encrypted messagespatch now (ArsTechnica)
2016-09-15 20:34

Australian Signals Directorate on the hunt for a cyber partner (ZDNet)
2016-09-12 07:04

Using Wi-Fi Signals to Identify People by Body Shape (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-30 17:57

Another paper on using Wi-Fi for surveillance. This one is on identifying people by their body shape. "FreeSense:Indoor Human Identification with WiFi Signals": Abstract: Human identification...

Researchers Use WiFi Signals to Read Keystrokes (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-30 17:23

Keystroke Recognition Uses Wi-Fi Signals To Snoop (Threatpost)
2016-08-25 18:19

Researchers develop WiKey technology that can sniff out keystrokes with 97.5 percent accuracy using an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi router and a $200 laptop.