encryption
Encrypted webmail service Lavabit relaunched
Lavabit, the secure encrypted webmail service used by Edward Snowden, is back online. Lavabit founder and operator Ladar Levison shut it down in 2013 when the US government …
Key Transparency: A secure directory of public encryption keys
Google has released Key Transparency, an open source public directory meant to simplify the discovery of intended recipients’ public encryption key. The project is still …
Secure websites brought to you by the letter S
What’s so special about the letter S? It’s one of the most frequently used letters in the English language, a regular sponsor of Sesame Street, and is so common that Vanna …
Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it
Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the …
Growth rates of cryptographic keys and certificates
A new study conducted by Dimensional Research evaluated current and projected growth rates of cryptographic keys and digital certificates in the enterprise for 2016 and 2017. …
ENISA says crypto backdoors are a bad idea
“History has shown that technology beats legislation, and criminals are best placed to capitalise on this opportunity,” the European Network and Information …
DDoS attacks via WordPress now come with encryption
Kaspersky Lab experts have noted an emerging trend – a growth in the number of attacks using encryption. Such attacks are highly effective due to the difficulty in identifying …
OpenVPN to get two separate security audits
VPN service Private Internet Access (PIA) announced that they have contracted noted and well-reputed cryptographer Dr. Matthew Green to perform a security audit of OpenVPN. …
Announced: Independent OpenVPN security audit
VPN service Private Internet Access (PIA) has just announced that they have contracted noted and well-reputed cryptographer Dr. Matthew Green to perform a security audit of …
Corporate data left unprotected in the wild
A new survey conducted by YouGov has highlighted the risks to corporate data from poor encryption, and employee use of unauthorised and inadequately protected devices. The …
Dailymotion urges users to reset passwords in wake of possible breach
Breach notification service LeakedSource has added information about over 87 million Dailymotion users to its search index. The information includes 87+ million email …
AirDroid app opens millions of Android users to device compromise
Tens of millions of users of AirDroid, a remote management tool for Android, are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that could lead to data theft and their devices being …
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