encryption

Worrying Amount Of Europe’s Professionals Have No Idea What Encryption Policies Their Companies Have

The vast majority are not confident their organisation complies with data protection regulations

10 years ago

Android L To Offer Encryption By Default

Google says Android L will protect users from government surveillance

10 years ago

Open Xchange Launches Simple Email Encryption

OX Guard, part of the OX App Suite, helps users protect their messages with a single click

10 years ago

ICO Fines The Ministry Of Justice £180,000 For Prison Data Breaches

Two prisons failed to encrypt their data because nobody told them how

10 years ago

Facebook Tightens Security With PrivateCore Purchase

The social network is beefing up the securtity of its servers with the purchase of a US software start-up

10 years ago

Yahoo And Google To Work Together On Encrypted Email

Yahoo promises to implement end-to-end PGP encryption by 2015

10 years ago

Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw

TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays

10 years ago

Intel Launches Self-Encrypting SSD Range For Business

The SSD Pro 2500 family features advanced security measures and promises “industry-leading TCO”

10 years ago

“Catastrophic” Flaw In LibreSSL Found And Fixed

The random number generator in the library that's meant to replace OpenSSL was not really random

10 years ago

HP Discover: Atalla Offers Secure Encryption For Cloud

Secure encryption, managed in the cloud, promised by HP's Atalla, a division which secures credit card transactions

10 years ago

Google Open Sources End-To-End Email Encryption

Open source effort should help email providers encrypt messages between one another

10 years ago

TrueCrypt Disk Encryption ‘Death’ A Mystery

Website post says the tool may no longer be secure for usage, amidst rumours of a legal threat

10 years ago

Silent Circle Raises $30 Million In Funding, Moves To Switzerland

The company says the money will help bring Blackphone to the masses

10 years ago

Secure Messaging App PQChat Promises ‘Future Proof’ Encryption

PQChat retains minimal user information, auto-deletes messages and is protected even from quantum computing techniques

10 years ago

eBay Asks 128 Million Customers To Change Their Passwords After Hack

The company says hackers accessed personal details and encrypted passwords, but no financial data was compromised

11 years ago

The Impact Of Heartbleed On Open Source Security

Thanks to Heartbleed open source software will be better engineered and more secure, says Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix

11 years ago

Encrypted Web Traffic Spiked Since Snowden Leaks

Surveillance revelations appear to lead to big jump in SSL web encryption across the world

11 years ago

Mozilla Offers $10,000 Bounty For Bugs In New SSL Certificate Library

In the wake of the discovery of Heartbleed bug, Mozilla is stepping up its certificate validation efforts

11 years ago

Researchers Able To Intercept Unencrypted Viber Data

A lack of encryption puts Viber images, videos and location data at risk, warns University of New Haven

11 years ago

Google Could Rank Websites That Use Encryption Higher In Its Search Results

Google considers rating encrypted websites higher in its search results

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Act Quickly But Don’t Panic

No one knows if the Heartbleed flaw was exploited, but you should make changes to be safe, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Another NSA Tool ‘Exposes Weaknesses Of RSA Encryption’

Another NSA-ordained tool makes cracking data protected over BSAFE 65,000 faster, researchers claim

11 years ago

FreedomPop ‘Snowden Phone’ To Tackle Privacy Concerns

FreedomPop launches a fully encrypted smartphone dubbed the Privacy Phone, to counter NSA snooping

11 years ago

Glaring Flaws Uncovered In Web Encryption Protocols

TLS/SSL encryption standards have a flaw which allows man-in-the-middle attacks, while the GnuTLS implementation has a long-running weakness

11 years ago

Microsoft Tightens Office 365 And Yammer Integration

Office 365 continues to receive rapid-fire upgrades, with streamlined Yammer logins and encrypted email

11 years ago

Colossus Computer Celebrates 70th Birthday

The world's first electronic computer, first put into operation 70 years ago, was used to crack German coded messages

11 years ago

Facebook Open Sources ‘Efficient’ Encryption Tool For Android Devs

Conceal APIs seek to make encryption done by Android apps efficient and simple

11 years ago

Insured Bitcoin ‘Vault’ Launched In UK

UK-based Elliptic says it has a cheap and secure way of protecting bitcoin owners from theft and loss

11 years ago

Security Luminaries Call For RSA Tech Boycott Over NSA ‘Collusion’

Security chiefs and researchers say the best way to send a message to RSA is to stop using its products

11 years ago

Microsoft Launches Azure Prime Challenge

The new distributed computing project aims to find 'lost' prime numbers

11 years ago