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Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum quits after “sexual mistreatment” allegations

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

Tor: new claims “consistent with rumors some of us had been hearing for some time.” Continue reading Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum quits after “sexual mistreatment” allegations→

Posted in ioerror, jacob appelbaum, Law & Disorder, Risk Assessment, tor, Tor Project

RunKeeper acknowledges location data leak to ad service, pushes updates

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

CEO: “We take our responsibility for the privacy of user data very seriously.” Continue reading RunKeeper acknowledges location data leak to ad service, pushes updates→

Posted in Law & Disorder, location, Norway, Risk Assessment, RunKeeper

James Clapper: Snowden sped up sophistication of crypto, “it’s not a good thing”

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

“What they had forecasted for seven years ahead, three years ago, was accelerated.” Continue reading James Clapper: Snowden sped up sophistication of crypto, “it’s not a good thing”→

Posted in crypto, encryption, james clapper, Law & Disorder, Risk Assessment, Snowden, telegram, truecrypt, Whatsapp

FBI paid at least $1.3M for zero-day to get into San Bernardino iPhone

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

FBI Director James Comey: “But it was, in my view, worth it.” Continue reading FBI paid at least $1.3M for zero-day to get into San Bernardino iPhone→

Posted in apple, DOJ, fbi, iPhone, James Comey, Law & Disorder, Risk Assessment, Zero Day

WhatsApp is now most widely used end-to-end crypto tool on the planet

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

WhatsApp now uses Signal protocol, which was largely funded by US taxpayers. Continue reading WhatsApp is now most widely used end-to-end crypto tool on the planet→

Posted in crypto, encryption, jan koum, Law & Disorder, Risk Assessment, Whatsapp

First Mac-targeting ransomware hits Transmission users, researchers say

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

Rogue copy of BitTorrent client results in KeRanger install, which demands 1 bitcoin. Continue reading First Mac-targeting ransomware hits Transmission users, researchers say→

Posted in Infinite Loop, KeRanger, Palo Alto Networks, Risk Assessment, Transmission

Men behind Diffie-Hellman key exchange receive top computer science prize

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Cyrus Farivar

Pioneering work 40 years ago lead to PGP, TLS, and all your fav crypto protocols. Continue reading Men behind Diffie-Hellman key exchange receive top computer science prize→

Posted in crypto, diffie, encryption, hellman, Risk Assessment

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