encryption
OpenSSH bug enables attackers to brute-force their way into poorly configured servers
A vulnerability in the popular secure remote access software OpenSSH can be exploited by attackers to try to brute-force their way into the connection and access …
Hardware encryption market revenue to reach $36.4 billion by end of 2015
There are a variety of ways to secure data, either on the perimeter or within the LAN, but the most fundamental method in a defense-in-depth model is hardware encryption. The …
Is this the death knell for the RC4 encryption algorithm?
It has been known for quite some time that the RC4 cryptographic cypher – used in popular Internet protocols such as TLS and HTTPS – is vulnerable to attack, but …
TeslaCrypt 2.0 makes it impossible to decrypt affected files
“Kaspersky Lab has detected curious behavior in a new threat from the TeslaCrypt ransomware encryptor family. In version 2.0 of the Trojan notorious for infecting …
Mobile SSL failures: More common than they should be
Securing your mobile application traffic is apparently more difficult than it should be, as researchers Anthony Trummer and Tushar Dalvi discovered when looking into SSL/TLS …
FBI director insists Silicon Valley can solve the encryption dilemma – if they try hard enough
On Wednesday, the US Senate Judiciary Committee got to hear from FBI director James Comey and DOJ Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates on how end-to-end encryption …
Severe OpenSSL bug that allows certificate forgery has been plugged
The wait is over: the OpenSSL Project has issued security updates for the popular open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols, and has shared some details about …
Bitglass granted patent on searchable cloud encryption
Bitglass has been granted a patent for its searchable full-strength 256-bit AES encryption for cloud applications. The technology, covered by US Patent 9,047,480, is …
Security experts explain to US, UK governments why mandated encryption backdoors are a bad idea
Today, FBI director James Comey and Sally Quillian Yates, the deputy attorney general at the Justice Department, are scheduled to address the US Senate Judiciary Committee …
Let’s Encrypt CA releases transparency report before its first certificate
The non-profit CA launched by the EFF, Mozilla and several other businesses and organizations is determined to gain and retain users’ trust. After hiring outside experts …
Amazon releases new, easily auditable TLS implementation
A new, open source implementation of the TLS encryption protocol has been unveiled by Amazon Web Services.Dubbed s2n (shorthand for “signal to noise”), the library …
Multi-link network encryptor with 100 Gbps encrypted bandwidth
Gemalto released its new SafeNet Multi-Link High Speed Encryptor (HSE) solution that provides the equivalent of 10 by 10 Gbps high-speed encryptors in one unit. With a total …
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