Encrochat “Bites the Dust”? Think Twice

Since when does law enforcement attacking a commercial encryption phone and software company constitute news? Keep reading.It appears that for a while the news was a buzz with law enforcement managing to obtain access to the primary domain that used to… Continue reading Encrochat “Bites the Dust”? Think Twice

ProtonMail and StartMail blocked as Russia hunts for bomb threat spammers

Protonmail is the second encrypted email provider in the last week to find itself blocked from its Russian users, after authorities in the country said bomb threats had been spammed out claiming that bombs had been planted in public places. Telecoms wa… Continue reading ProtonMail and StartMail blocked as Russia hunts for bomb threat spammers

Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App

A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government’s newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accounts associated with the government identities.

Dubbed “T… Continue reading Hacker Breaks Into French Government’s New Secure Messaging App

Encrypted Messaging Project “Matrix” Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

Matrix—the organization behind an open source project that offers a protocol for secure and decentralized real-time communication—has suffered a massive cyber attack after unknown attackers gained access to the servers hosting its official website and … Continue reading Encrypted Messaging Project “Matrix” Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

DUHK Attack Lets Hackers Recover Encryption Key Used in VPNs & Web Sessions

DUHK — Don’t Use Hard-coded Keys — is a new ‘non-trivial’ cryptographic implementation vulnerability that could allow attackers to recover encryption keys that secure VPN connections and web browsing sessions.

DUHK is the third crypto-related vulnerability reported this month after KRACK Wi-Fi attack and ROCA factorization attack.

The vulnerability affects products from dozens of vendors,

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FBI Arrests A Cyberstalker After Shady “No-Logs” VPN Provider Shared User Logs

FBI recently arrested a psycho cyber stalker with the help of a popular VPN service and this case apparently exposed the company’s lies about the “no logs” policy.

Taking down cyber stalkers and criminals is definitely a good thing, and the FBI has truly done a great job, but the VPN company whose first line of the privacy policy is—”We Do Not monitor user activity nor do we keep any logs”—

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Dutch Police Seize Another Company that Sells PGP-Encrypted Blackberry Phones

The Dutch police arrested four suspects on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and involvement in selling custom encrypted BlackBerry and Android smartphones to criminals.

The Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), dedicated team within the… Continue reading Dutch Police Seize Another Company that Sells PGP-Encrypted Blackberry Phones

Classified U.S. Defense Network Outage Hits Air Force’s Secret Drone Operations

U.S. drones are again in news for killing innocent people.

The Air Force is investigating the connection between the failure of its classified network, dubbed SIPRNet, at Creech Air Force Base and a series of high-profile airstrikes that went terribly… Continue reading Classified U.S. Defense Network Outage Hits Air Force’s Secret Drone Operations

What is SMTP STS? How It improves Email Security for StartTLS?

Despite so many messaging apps, Email is still one of the widely used and popular ways to communicate in this digital age.

But are your Emails secure?

We are using email services for decades, but the underlying 1980s transport protocol used to send … Continue reading What is SMTP STS? How It improves Email Security for StartTLS?