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WhatsApp’s encryption services are legal for now, but maybe not for long
WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption for all its services today. This means that all user calls, texts, video, images and other files sent can only be viewed by the intended recipient, and no...
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“Petya” ransomware encryption cracked
Utility generates unscrambling key. Users whose data has been held to ransom by the Petya malware now have an option to decrypt the information, thanks to a new tool that generates an unscrambling...
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Feinstein encryption bill sets off alarm bells
A draft version of a long-awaited encryption bill from Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., was leaked online last week, and the technology industry is already calling foul. The...
View ArticleApple, FBI set to resume encryption fight at House hearing
The encryption battle between Apple and the FBI is moving from the courtroom to Congress next week. Representatives from the tech titan and the federal law enforcement agency are scheduled to testify...
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How Apple makes encryption easy and invisible
Do you know how many times a day you unlock your iPhone? Every time you do, you’re participating in Apple’s user-friendly encryption scheme. Friday, the company hosted a security “deep dive” at which...
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FBI: Encryption increasing problem
The FBI is facing an increasing struggle to access readable information and evidence from digital devices because of default encryption, a senior FBI official told members of Congress at a hearing on...
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Moot point: Judge closes iPhone encryption case in Brooklyn
The United States Justice Department said on Friday that it has withdrawn a request compelling Apple Inc to cooperate in unlocking an iPhone related to a drug case in NY following a third-party...
View ArticleON ENCRYPTION: THERE ARE NO LOCKS ONLY “ANGELS” CAN OPEN
Despite the FBI dropping its case against Apple over whether or not the tech giant should supply the government agency with the ability to hack into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, the argument...
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The encryption challenge
IT managers know the movies get it wrong. A teenager with a laptop cannot crack multiple layers of encryption — unless that laptop is connected to a supercomputer somewhere and the teenager can afford...
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Users’interest should drive encryption policy: IAMAI
Encryption is a fundamental and necessary tool to safeguard digital communication infrastructure but the interests of Internet users should be foremost in framing any policy, the Internet and Mobile...
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Legal effects of encryption bills discussed at dark web event
An attorney who has worked for the U.S. Army and the Central Intelligence Agency discussed attempts to regulate encryption technologies at the Inside Dark Web conference in New York City on Thursday....
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John McAfee claims to have hacked WhatsApp’s encrypted messages, but the real...
Last month, WhatsApp enabled end-to-end encryption for its billion users to secure all the communications made between users — be it a group chat, voice calls, personal chats or the photos and videos...
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OSGP custom RC4 encryption cracked yet again
The Open Smart Grid Protocol’s (OSGP) home-grown RC4 encryption has been cracked once again. The easy-to-break custom RC4 was cracked last year. A year ago, the OSGP Alliance advised that better...
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Google engineer says he’ll push for default end-to-end encryption in Allo
After Google’s decision not to provide end-to-end encryption by default in its new chat app, Allo, raised questions about the balance of security and effective artificial intelligence, one of the...
View ArticleAllo doesn’t offer default end-to-end encryption setting because it would...
When Google unveiled Allo — their smart messaging app coming soon to Android and iOS — one of the more interesting features they revealed was end-to-end encryption. As we later learned, the technology...
View ArticleSymantec warns encryption and privacy are not the same
“Encryption and privacy is not the same thing,” said Nick Savvides, Symantec APAC cybersecurity strategy manager. Encryption is a privacy “enhancing tool”, Savvides went on to explain, while privacy is...
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Despite end-to-end encryption, your WhatsApp and Telegram chats can be spied on
Even though WhatsApp promises end-to-end encryption on all of its chats, and Telegram offers end-to-end encryption on secret chats, the truth is that messages on these platforms can still be hacked....
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Is Facebook making end-to-end encryption on Messenger opt-in only?
Facebook’s native chat is due to be silenced: Facebook’s reportedly going to kill it off, forcing users to instead use Messenger. Rumor has it that Facebook Messenger will also offer the option of...
View ArticleHelpSystems Fills Encryption Gap With Linoma Buy
Despite all the IBM i security vendors that HelpSystems has bought over the years–and there have been at least five of them–the company has lacked one key security capability valued by enterprises:...
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Customer Headaches Could Curtail Apple’s Encryption Push
At an event held during Apple’s fight with the FBI over whether it should help unlock a dead terrorist’s iPhone, CEO Tim Cook promised “We will not shrink” from the responsibility of protecting...
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