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Second HTTPS snooping flaw breaks security for thousands of iOS apps
Attackers can potentially snoop on the encrypted traffic of over 25,000 iOS applications due to a vulnerability in a popular open-source networking library. The …
The NSA wants tech companies to give it ‘front door’ access to encrypted data
The National Security Agency is embroiled in a battle with tech companies over access to encrypted data that would allow it to spy (more …
As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between privacy, security
For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government …
Security review finds no critical flaws in Truecrypt 7.1a
For years, if you wanted a cross-platform disk encryption suite that didn’t rely on Microsoft or Apple, you went with Truecrypt. The popular software …
New Firefox version says “might as well” to encrypting all Web traffic
Developers of the Firefox browser have moved one step closer to an Internet that encrypts all the world’s traffic with a new feature that …
Pentagon Personnel Now Talking On ‘NSA-Proof’ Smartphones
The Defense Department has rolled out supersecret smartphones for work and maybe play, made by anti-government-surveillance firm Silent Circle, according to company officials. Silent …
Blackberry firm unveils new high-security tablet
Blackberry-owned company Secusmart has unveiled a new tablet in collaboration with Samsung and IBM. The Secutablet is “based on” the Samsung Galaxy 10.5 and …
“FREAK” flaw in Android and Apple devices cripples HTTPS crypto protection
Security experts have discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw that for more than a decade has made it possible for attackers to decrypt HTTPS-protected traffic …
The CIA Campaign To Steal Apple’s Secrets
RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, according to …
How your phone and fitness band could end up giving evidence against you
A criminal suspect can’t be forced to divulge their phone passcode, a US circuit court judge ruled in October 2014. Yet law enforcement officials …
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