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Romanticizing Bugs Will Lead to Death of Information Security
Too much focus on vulnerabilities and their impact is leading information security into a slow death. Speaking in the keynote address at 44CON in London, security researcher Don A. Bailey said that...
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North Korean Hackers Blamed for Bitcoin Attacks
North Korean state hackers are increasingly looking to steal crypto-currency to fund the regime and circumvent tightening sanctions, according to FireEye. The security vendor’s senior cyber threat...
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Wi-Fi’s Most Popular Encryption May Have Been Cracked
Your home Wi-Fi might not be as secure as you think. WPA2 — the de facto standard for Wi-Fi password security worldwide — may have been compromised, with huge ramifications for almost all of the Wi-Fi...
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FBI couldn’t retrieve data from nearly 7000 mobile phones due to encryption
The head of the FBI has reignited the debate about technology companies continuing to protect customer privacy despite law enforcement having a search warrant. The FBI says it hasn’t been able to...
View ArticleQuantum Computing will not be able to crack Encryption Keys until the 2030s
In September, Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft is working on a quantum computer (QC) architecture. Since then, Intel also has announced it is working on a QC architecture. Microsoft and Intel...
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Three Defenses to Solve the Problem of Storing Password
One of the biggest concerns around managing the passwords of an organization’s employees lies in how to store those passwords on a computer. Keeping every user’s password in a plain text file, for...
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Texas Church Shooting: More Calls for Encryption Backdoors
US Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, has decided to use the recent mass shooting at a Texas church to reiterate calls for encryption backdoors to help law enforcers. The incident took place at...
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It is difficult for the FBI to crack most smartphone encryption
The FBI is struggling to decode private messages on phones and other mobile devices that could contain key criminal evidence, and the agency failed to access data more than half of the times it tried...
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Bitcoin Exchange Has Been Forced to Close After Second Cyber-Attack
A South Korean Bitcoin exchange has been forced to close after suffering another major cyber-attack. Youbit claimed it was “very sorry” but has filed for bankruptcy after it suffered the cyber-attack,...
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Iran blocks encrypted messaging apps amid nationwide protests
For the past six days, citizens have taken to the streets across Iran, protesting government oppression and the rising cost of goods. Video broadcasts from the country have shown increasingly intense...
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