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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
Microsoft Launches Azure Prime Challenge
The new distributed computing project aims to find 'lost' prime numbers
Microsoft Tags US Government As A ‘Persistent Threat’
Microsoft labels the US government as an “advanced persistent threat” following the snooping revelations
Twitter Boosts User Protection With ‘Forward Security’ Encryption Enhancements
Twitter says it wants others to follow in its footsteps, with measures to prevent snooping
Yahoo To Encrypt All Traffic And Products By Early 2014
Following the NSA scandal, CEO Marissa Mayer is taking decisive measures and introducing SSL across the board
Ransomware Scam Hits UK Small Businesses
The National Crime Agency has warned of a scam that is seeing users' files encrypted when they click on a malware attachment
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Hits Out At GCHQ Snooping
Inventor of the World Wide Web slams the Internet snooping practices of the NSA and GCHQ
ICO Fines North East Lincolnshire Council £80,000 For Lost USB Stick
ICO dishes fine after a teach lost a memory stick with information about 286 children with special needs
CipherCloud Launches Cloud Encryption Offering
CipherCloud's Linux-based SSE product offers strong encryption for the cloud while allowing data to remain searchable
WhatsApp Users ‘Should Not Trust Broken Encryption’
More encryption problems uncovered on WhatsApp
Want To Avoid NSA-Corrupted Crypto? Get Thee To The Geeks
The NSA may have ruined Internet security, but Silent Circle is leading the way in pushing non-standardised encryption. Tom Brewster says this is the way forward
RSA Warns Customers About NSA Encryption Cracking
RSA is one of the first commercial companies to warn about issues with encryption after revelations about the NSA's meddling with standards
There Is No Way To Keep Your Data From The NSA
Even encryption won't stop the NSA. Wayne Rash warns of back doors in network adapters, which could siphon off data before it is encrypted.
NSA And GCHQ ‘Covertly Plant Vulnerabilities In Internet Encryption’
Intelligence agencies working inside tech companies to insert flaws in modern encryption, according to more of Snowden's leaks
After PRISM, France’s Laurent Chemla Offers Secure Email
Could French activist Laurent Chemla's CALIOP fill the gap left by Lavabit and Silent Circle?
SIM Card Encryption Weaknesses Could Expose Millions
Hundreds of millions of SIMs are using weak encryption to do over the air updates, which is bad news for mobile users
Cloudsweeper Aims To Secure Email Accounts
The Cloudsweeper project offers to encrypt passwords and other sensitive information in a user's inbox, while also estimating how much the account might be worth to criminals
Dell Tightens Corporate Security With Protected Workplace
Dell has beefed up enterprise security with the launch of Protected Workspace for business PCs
Researchers Warn Of Windows EFS Exploit By Malware
To thwart security analysis, malware uses the Encrypting File System feature on Microsoft Windows
Ruckus Touts Wi-Fi Hotspot Protection
Ruckus is promising to tighten up the security of corporate Wi-Fi hotspots with its Secure Hotspot
W3C Advances Controversial HTML5 Copyright Protection Plans
The W3C has published a first public draft of a controversial proposal that would make it easier for encrypted video to be distributed using HTML5
GCHQ Security Gaffe: Spooks Send Passwords In Plain Text
Intelligence agency criticised for rookie error
Evernote Resets All Passwords Following A Security Breach
50 million accounts need new passwords, but Evernote says no content had been compromised
Bitcasa Touts ‘Infinite’ Online Storage
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has launched and apparently offers "infinite" amounts of secure online storage
Quantum Cryptography Can Mix With Data Traffic, Say Cambridge Boffins
Quantum cryptography no longer needs dark fibre, say Toshiba researchers
Cummings Touts Military Spec Mobile Security With SecureMobile
Cummings Engineering has launched its mobile security platform, SecureMobile, to help tackle BYOD issues
Mac OS X Lion Update Bug Exposes Passwords
A February update to Mac OS X Lion stores passwords in a plain text file readable to any user with root or administrative access
Who’s Hacking Who In Cyber Wars Is Not The Real Concern
China gets the blame for being the cyber-warmongering nation but everybody's at it and its industry that takes the arrows and needs protecting, says Eric Doyle
Leaky Radio Signals Pose Smartphone Security Risk
Smartphones and gadgets leak signals from their electronics, potentially revealing encryption keys