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Tales In Tech History: WhatsApp
Popular messaging app celebrates 8th birthday.
RSA 2017: Five Reasons Why We’re Losing The Cyber Battle
RSA 2017: Why exactly are the cyber criminals currently coming out on top? Here are five reasons...
Docker Secures Container Secrets in Datacenter Update
Docker has added new security features to its open-source and commercial container platforms
Microsoft Encrypts Cloud Data With Azure Storage Service
Azure users will be able to encrypt their cloud data by default as Microsoft previews Storage Service Encryption
Hackers Lovin’ It As McDonald’s Site Vulnerable To Phishing Attack
Shoddy password practices leave the door open for hackers to take away customer details
WhatsApp Denies It Has Compromised Encryption With ‘Backdoor’
UPDATED: Researcher says WhatsApp can reissue encryption keys for offline devices, compromising privacy. WhatsApp says there is no backdoor and design decision saves millions of messages
Google Cloud Increases Encryption Push With Key Management Service
New beta tool for Google Cloud seeks to simplify encryption key management
ICO Slaps Insurers RSA With £150,000 Fine After Data Protection ‘Failure’
An unencrypted hard drive containing customer's names, addresses and bank account details was stolen
Oracle Exec Resigns Over CEO’s Support For Donald Trump
Decision by Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz to join Trump transition team leads to executive resignation
ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’
EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement
Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016
Ransomware attacks developed significantly in 2016, both in prevalence and sophistication, making it the threat of the year for businesses worldwide.
Police Ambush Criminal To Bypass iPhone Security
How to get around the problem of a locked smartphone? Just ambush the criminal when he is using it. Simples
How To Protect The Encryption Keys To Your Kingdom
ANALYSIS: Encryption keys are wonderful things that allow your organisation to conduct secure communications without issue- as long as you have control
Apple ‘Sends iPhone Call History To iCloud’
Law enforcement could get their hands on call data if it is sent to iCloud for 'no reason', claims Russian firm
Tech Giants Call For President Trump ‘Dialogue’ And Support For Encryption
Facebook, Amazon, Google and others call on the US president-elect to support encrypted communications, net neutrality
Apple iOS 10.2 Public Beta Strengthens iTunes Backup Encryption
The Cupertino company boasts backup encryption that will take 1,000 years to hack
Google’s AI Neural Networks Learn To Create Their Own Encryption
Two neural nets were created to communicate securely while a third tried to crack their inhuman cipher messages
US Legislators Demand Briefing On Yahoo Email Scan
Lawmakers want to judge the legality of intelligence services' access to Yahoo Mail
Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure
The Centre for Public Safety highlighted the police are putting the public at unnecessary risk of cyber crime
Signal Disclosed User Data To US Government
Signal's parent company provided data on a user to US authorities - but there wasn't much to hand over
Yahoo Certificate Security Is ‘Still Poor’ Despite Hack
Research finds that Yahoo has still not taken steps to improve its certificate security and encryption, despite massive data breach
Bugs Found In ‘Secure’ Signal Messaging Service
Attackers could use the bugs to block attachments sent using the Edward Snowden-recommended service
EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’
The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say
Google Releases Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys For Cloud
Google's CSEK moves into GA, meaning all customers can now bring their own encryption keys for Compute Engine
GhostMail Ends Services ‘To Prevent Misuse’
GhostMail said it doesn't want its encrypted email service used by 'the wrong people'
WhatsApp ‘Doesn’t Fully Delete Messages’
Deleted WhatsApp messages could be easy to recover, with unencrypted copies stored on iCloud, a researcher finds
Stampado Ransomware Starts Deleting Files If No Payment Is Made
The clock is ticking. Ransomware victims have just 96 hours to cough up or it begins deleting files
Ranscam Malware Poses As Ransomware But Just Deletes Your Files
Malware dubbed 'ranscam' asks for payment to unlock files, but in reality has already deleted them
Salesforce Enhances Shield Security With BYOK for Regulated Industries
The update to Salesforce Shield provides a set of integrated security services that lets companies use their own encryption keys with Shield.