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Tag Archives: Encryption
How to: Encrypt your messages in Facebook Messenger
As with What’s app messages now can be encrypted on the Facebook messenger, too. But how does it work exactly?
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Apple Weakens iOS 10 Backup Encryption; Now Can Be Cracked 2,500 Times Faster
After the iPhone encryption battle between Apple and the FBI, Apple was inspired to work toward making an unhackable future iPhones by implementing stronger security measures even the company can’t hack.
Even at that point the company hired one of the key developers of Signal — one of the world’s most secure, encrypted messaging apps — its core security team to achieve this goal.
But it
OneLogin SecureNotes Breach Exposed Data in Cleartext
OneLogin confirmed this week an attacker took advantage of a bug in its system and was able to view sensitive notes, thought to be secure, posted by users.
Germany and France declare War on Encryption to Fight Terrorism
Yet another war on Encryption!
France and Germany are asking the European Union for new laws that would require mobile messaging services to decrypt secure communications on demand and make them available to law enforcement agencies.
French and German interior ministers this week said their governments should be able to access content on encrypted services in order to fight terrorism, the
FSociety wants a piece of the ransomware cake
Someone has used the plot and visuals of the Mr. Robot show to create FSociety ransomware.
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New Collision Attacks Against 3DES, Blowfish Allow for Cookie Decryption
Researchers have found a new way to recover and decrypt authentication cookies from 3DES and Blowfish protected traffic. In response, OpenSSL is expected to deprecate 3DES’ designation from high to medium.
Look who’s talking? It’s not John Travolta or Bruce Willis!
It’s your computer with some very bad news: It’s just been infected by ransomware.
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China Launches World's 1st 'Hack-Proof' Quantum Communication Satellite
China has taken one more step forward towards achieving success in Quantum communication technology.
China has launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite into orbit aboard a Long March-2D rocket earlier today in order to test the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics at space.
‘Hack-Proof’ Communications System
The satellite, dubbed Quantum Science Satellite, is designed
Car Thieves Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens With A Simple Wireless Hack
In Brief
Some 100 Million cars made by Volkswagen are vulnerable to a key cloning attack that could allow thieves to unlock the doors of most popular cars remotely through a wireless signal, according to new research.
Next time when you leave your car in a parking lot, make sure you don’t leave your valuables in it, especially if it’s a Volkswagen.
What’s more worrisome?
The new attack
