The Brits join US intelligence agencies who’d want a backdoor into the encryption feature on all services. End-to-end encryption services like WhatsApp are once more being slammed for offering protection for users everywhere. This time, the UK is doing all the finger pointing, and it’s because of the terrorist attack that took place on Wednesday. […]
A scientist’s Team from Graz University of Technology revealed the method that leaking the encryption data from Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions ) enclaves which is called Isolated Memory FIeld . Intel SGX is a set of new instructions from Intel that allows user-level code to allocate private regions of memory, called enclaves, that unlike […]
In a research paper published at the end of February, a team of five scientists from the Graz University of Technology has described a novel method of leaking data from SGX enclaves, a secure environment created by Intel CPUs for storing sensitive information for each process, such as encryption keys, passwords, and other. Starting with […]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks have come across a new ransomware family that combines many unique features, such as political statements, public subdomain creation, and encryption tiers. Named RanRan, researchers spotted infections with this threat in only one country in the Middle East. Researchers were drawn to this threat by the political implications for each […]
Short Bytes: Google has open sourced the code of its E2EMail encryption system, which is available as a simple-to-use Chrome app. Now Google calls it an independent project that exchanges OpenPGP mail. When one launches the E2EMail app, it just shows the encrypted mails. Currently, it just only supports text-based email messages. Google introduced E2EMail system as a Chrome […]
Short Bytes: Google has achieved the first successful SHA-1 collision attack. By creating a specially crafted PDF prefix, the researchers were able to generate 2 documents with the same SHA-1 digest. Using its cloud infrastructure, Google was able to compute the mammoth collision. After this, Google expects that the usage of the vulnerable SHA-1 encryption hash […]
Short Bytes: Cryptkeeper is a popular Linux encryption application that’s used to encrypt your valuable data. But, it’s not as safe as you think. A bug has was recently discovered that allows universal decryption using a single letter password “p.” Debian developer Simon McVittie has advised the dev team to take it out of Debian altogether. Encryption apps […]
Top law enforcement officers, FBI director James Comey and Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, are supportive of giving law enforcement means to sidestep encryption. It seems likely that the Trump administration will push for policies forcing tech companies to create cryptographic backdoors in the name of helping law enforcement, a highly controversial […]
ProtonMail, launched in 2014 by a group of MIT and CERN experts, is the largest email encryption service provider in the world having more than two million users. It is the preferred emailing platform of activists and journalists who need to keep information confidential. In its latest announcement, ProtonMail’s co-founder Dr. Andy Yen stated that […]
Researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk ransomware, which itself is a new addition to the KillDisk disk wiper malware family, previously used only to sabotage companies by randomly deleting data and altering files. The KillDisk ransomware that targets Linux computers was discovered by ESET a week after researchers from CyberX came across […]
The election of Donald Trump has alarmed privacy advocates who worry that the self-described “law-and-order” president will take a more heavy-handed approach towards issues of security and privacy. Of particular concern are fears that there will be attempts to weaken or otherwise disable the encryption that is widely used to protect sensitive data and maintain […]
Last week, a report published by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has made it crystal clear that the US government considers encryption backdoors as a threat to its “national interests.” The report, compiled by a special assembly of experts known as the Encryption Working Group, […]
You probably know that the encryption is one of the best ways to protect your files. But do you encrypt your files on your android device? If not, you should, because it’s your responsibility to protect your privacy. 1) Cryptonite 2) Encrypt File Free A simple file encryption tool that can encrypt any file you […]
PCILeech is a $300 device that was effectively and successfully used by a Swedish hacker and penetration tester for obtaining complete control over Mac or Macbook. The hacker Ulf Frisk is the creator of PCILeech, which any hacker can use to hack a MacBook. This particular device can hack the passcode of literally any Apple laptop […]
The Canadian government is asking citizens for their feedback on several privacy and cyber-security topics, as part of a public consultation period for upcoming changes to Canada’s national security framework. The online feedback page touches on a series of hot topics such as encryption backdoors, ISP data retention, basic subscriber information, and law enforcement interception […]
On Tuesday we found out internet giant Yahoo has been playing flunky for the FBI and NSA, helping the feds spy on hundreds of millions of Yahoo email users. A Reuters investigation revealed the company built special software at the government’s request that scanned all incoming emails looking for key words and phrases. If that […]
Do you know How to turn on encryption on Facebook messenger? Well, look no further and follow the steps mentioned in this article. Back in July, Facebook promised us all that the social network will soon be offering end-to-end message encryption. Now, the organization has lived up to our expectations and is now offering end-to-end […]
A Brazilian Infosec research group, Morphus Labs, just discovered a new Full Disk Encryption (FDE) Ransomware this week, dubbed Mamba. Mamba, as they named it, uses a disk-level encryption strategy instead of the conventional file-based one. This may be just the beginning of a new era for the Ransomwares. In this article, Renato Marinho (@renato_marinho), […]
Sometimes Windows 10 encrypts your data but sometimes it doesn’t the pattern is unpredictable. Here is how you can check if your Windows 10 PC storage is encrypted. If not, how you can encrypt it. Encryption of your data is not just to protect against NSA, but it is to protect your sensitive data from […]
iMessage receives several fixes following mammoth research. Apple has added a series of short- and long-term defenses to the iMessage protocol following the private disclosure of several issues discovered by a team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University led by Christina Garman, a group that also included famous cryptography expert Matthew Green. The five-man research […]
Short Bytes: Google had revealed its latest intentions to enhance encryption level of its domains. The same will be done by enabling HSTS encryption across various products preventing users from being redirected to unsafe links wrapped in the secure shell of HTTPS protocol. Google is quite resolute to make the web safer you. A new […]