encryption
FreeBSD ditches suspect hardware-based crypto
Buried in the “Security” section of a report on the FreeBSD Developer Summit held in September in Malta is a small but important note about the FreeBSD …
CyanogenMod introduces built-in SMS encryption
CyanogenMod developers have announced the fruit of several months of labor headed by Open Whisper Systems’ Moxie Marlinspike: a seamless implementation of TextSecure, …
Microsoft promises wide-reaching encryption, more transparency
It took them a while, but Microsoft is finally announcing a concentrated effort to protect its customers and their data from unauthorised government surveillance. “Like …
Can we expect a cyberwar resurgence?
Neohapsis security experts predict that next year there will be a cyberwar resurgence, the cloud will begin to show its hidden costs, and privacy will continue to lose in the …
Open source crypto server for thwarting malicious insiders
Edward Snowden’s successful exfiltration of mountains of data from NSA systems and databases has once more put the spotlight back on the threat that insiders pose to …
Do large companies follow encryption best practices?
Following last month’s revelations of the existence of the MUSCULAR program, in which the NSA and the British GCHQ have collaborated in tapping the overseas fiber-optic …
Lavabit founder submits final arguments in potentially game-changing privacy case
The saga surrounding secure email provider Lavabit and its legal fight against the US government continues with a reply brief filed last Friday by the former, arguing that …
Twitter adds Forward Secrecy to thwart surveillance efforts
Following in the footsteps of Google and Facebook, Twitter has joined the ranks of Internet companies that have (or are working on) implementing Perfect Forward Secrecy, and …
NTRU public key crypto released to open source community
RSA and ECC are the two most common public-key crypto systems in use today. At the 2013 Black Hat conference, researchers declared that the math for cracking encryption …
Secure Dropbox data using a hardware security token
Intrinsic-ID released Saturnus, an application that enables enterprises to protect digital assets stored and shared on Dropbox. With Saturnus, files are encrypted before they …
Microsoft announces retiring of SHA-1
Along with the standard security advisories released on this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has also released a few that announce the company’s intention to …
New secure USB Flash drive from Kingston Digital
Kingston released the DataTraveler Vault Privacy 3.0 (DTVP) secure USB Flash drive, as well as the DataTraveler Vault Privacy 3.0 Anti-Virus, which helps enterprises safeguard …