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Google has launched a new encryption algorithm that has been built specifically to run on mobile phones and smart IoT devices that don’t have the specialized hardware to use current encryption methods to encrypt locally stored data efficiently.
Encryp… Continue reading Google Created Faster Storage Encryption for All Low-End Devices
A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in some of the world’s most popular and widely used email encryption clients that use OpenPGP standard and rely on GnuPG for encrypting and digitally signing messages.
The disclosure comes … Continue reading GnuPG Flaw in Encryption Tools Lets Attackers Spoof Anyone’s Signature
Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out.
From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both encrypted and unencrypted forms, exposing all your secret an… Continue reading Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months
After TrueCrypt mysteriously discontinued itself, VeraCrypt became the most popular open source disk encryption software used by activists, journalists, and privacy conscious people.
Due to the huge popularity of VeraCrypt, security researchers from t… Continue reading Someone is Spying on Researchers Behind VeraCrypt Security Audit
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies.
You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino… Continue reading Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices
Just last month, DARPA launched a project dubbed “Improv,” inviting hackers to transform simple household appliances into deadly weapons.
Now, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is finding someone in the private sector to develop a hacker-p… Continue reading DARPA Wants To Build Ultra Secure Messaging App for US Military
Hacking Team – the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential data stolen last year – is facing another trouble.
This time not from other hackers, but from its own government.
Hacking Team is infamous for selling surveillance spyware to governments and intelligence agencies worldwide, but now it may not be allowed to do so, as the Italian export
Continue reading ‘Hacking Team’ Loses License to Sell Surveillance Malware Outside Europe