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MongoDB now has the ability to encrypt data by field : MongoDB calls the new feature Field Level Encryption. It works kind of like end-to-end encrypted messaging, which scrambles data as it moves across the internet, revealing it only to the sender and the recipient. MORE
Cryptography Government Mobile Security Privacy Android criminal communications Criminals EncroChat encrypted chat Encryption European Union France law enforcement mobile murder network secure mobile messaging The Netherlands U.K. MORE
The end-to-end encryption feature will not be offered to free users, Zoom's CEO said, in case Zoom needed to comply with federal and local law enforcement. Privacy Web Security End to end encryption FBI law enforcement work from home zoom zoom privacy zoom security MORE
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act is being decried as "an awful idea" by security experts. Government Privacy apple Data Privacy Encryption End to end encryption Facebook FBI Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act Security MORE
The increasingly prevalent GuLoader malware has been traced back to a far-reaching encryption service that attempts to pass as above-board. Cloud Security Malware Check Point cloudeye crypter darkeye Encryption guloader italian company malware Malware analysis packer securitycode.eu MORE
Technology Giant Didn't Want to 'Poke the Bear,' Sources Tell Reuters Apple previously scuttled plans add end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, Reuters reports, noting that such a move would have complicated law enforcement investigations. MORE
Teleconference Company Describes Series of Security Measures Zoom will begin beta testing an end-to-end encryption feature in July that it plans to make available at no charge to all who use the paid or free version of its teleconference platform. MORE
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the debate over whether the government should require technology firms to use weak encryption for messaging applications. MORE
cryptography encryption germany historyofcryptographyA German auction house is selling an SG-41. It looks beautiful. Starting price is 75,000 euros. My guess is that it will sell for around 100K euros. MORE
Interesting research: " Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs) ": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. MORE
The BBC is reporting a vulnerability in the Let's Encrypt certificate service: In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. I am seeing nothing on the Let's Encrypt website. MORE
academicpapers algorithms backdoors cryptanalysis cryptography encryption hashes russiaA pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor. MORE
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers a deep dive on the debate about whether law enforcement officials should have a "backdoor" to circumvent encryption. MORE
From a Wired article : Private Join and Compute uses a 1970s methodology known as "commutative encryption" to allow data in the data sets to be encrypted with multiple keys, without it mattering which order the keys are used in. cryptography encryption google MORE
Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policy -- what is commonly known as "going dark." Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations. MORE
DHS, Philips Issue Advisories for HealthSuite Android Health App The lack of strong encryption in Philips' HealthSuite Health Android app leaves the mobile health software vulnerable to hacking, according to a new advisory issued by the medical device manufacturer and an alert from the Department of Homeland Security. MORE
Web Conferencing Provider Blames Routing of Keys via China on Scaling-Up Error Zoom, responding to research that identified encryption and infrastructure shortcomings in its audio and video conferencing software, has promised to further revamp its security controls. MORE
Mass Revocation Will Bring Too Much Concern, Project Says Let's Encrypt is going to take a softer approach to resolving the impacts from a bug in its systems that issues free TLS certificates. MORE
Cryptography Malware Anti-virus Encryption encryption keys github Kaspersky ransomware Shade threat actors TrojanThe team behind the ransomware, first spotted in late 2014 and typically targeting Russian victims, apologized to victims in a post on GitHub. MORE
Analysis of Common Mistakes Made When Encrypting Data The Marriott mega-breach is calling attention to whether organizations are storing too much data and whether they're adequately protecting it with the proper encryption steps. MORE
Stolen Laptop Contained Patient Data on Thousands Just when you thought the days of big data breaches tied to stolen unencrypted laptops were over comes news of an incident in Oregon affecting hundreds of thousands. What happened this time MORE
Last month, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policywhat is commonly known as "going dark." Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations. MORE
PDFex can bypass encryption and password protection in most PDF readers and online validation services. Hacks Vulnerabilities Adobe Acrobat chrome Encryption Firefox password protection Passwords PDF PDF files PDFex public key encryption MORE
The Dutch intelligence service has been able to read encrypted communications from dozens of countries since the late 1970s thanks to a microchip, according to research by de Volkskrant on Thursday. Philips, together with Siemens, built an encryption machine in the late 1970s. MORE
US, UK and Australia Push for Law Enforcement Access Facebook is falling under renewed pressure for its plans to make its messaging platforms fully encrypted. MORE
Matthew Green has a super-interesting blog post about information leakage from encrypted databases. academicpapers databases encryptionIt describes the recent work by Paul Grubbs, Marie-Sarah Lacharité, Brice Minaud, and Kenneth G. Paterson. MORE
Law Enforcement Leaders Say Encryption Delayed Terrorist Investigation; Apple Pushes Back Although FBI technicians were able to gain access to data in two iPhones belonging to a Saudi national who killed three U.S. MORE
After Arresting Phantom Secure CEO, Authorities Reportedly Saw Secrets for Sale The Canadian government has arrested a senior intelligence official on charges of working as a mole. MORE
Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to Amend Technology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations. MORE
Learn How To Run Deep SSL Inspection For Encrypted Traffic. View this webinar OnDemand and learn how you can run deep SSL inspection for encrypted traffic MORE
151 Zoom is doing the right thing : it's making end-to-end encryption available to all users, paid and unpaid. cybersecurity encryption securityengineering twofactorauthentication videoconferencing MORE
Full disk encryption is a critical part of IT security. Here are the top disk encryption tools to choose from MORE
IBM has released open-source toolkits implementing fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) that allow researchers to process data while it’s still encrypted. “Your model would benefit from this superset of encrypted data without individual parties making their data public.” MORE
Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. The public key goes into the processor and the device, and is used to encrypt whatever user key encrypts the data. MORE
Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm. MORE
Cracking of EncroChat's Network Leads to Hundreds of Arrests in Organized Crime Crackdown European police gained access to messages sent via an encrypted cellular network, leading to the arrest of hundreds of alleged organized crime members, according to Europol MORE
Government Can Force Technology Companies to Break Encryption Australia's Parliament has passed new laws enabling it to compel technology companies to break their own encryption. Although the government argued the laws are needed to combat criminal activity and terrorism, opponents argued the powers could creep beyond their scope and weaken the security of all software MORE
This is new from Reuters: More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud, according to one current and three former FBI officials and one current and one former Apple employee. MORE
Experts spotted recent samples of the Snake ransomware that were isolating the infected systems while encrypting files to avoid interference. The Snake ransomware kills processes from a predefined list, including ICS-related processes, to encrypt associated files. MORE
Data encryption has been around almost since the age of computers. In truth, anyone with minimal experience can write a simple script that uses default services built into virtually every OS to encrypt data. The answer to these question changes your encryption strategy. MORE
Encryption Related Topics Schneier on Security
MARCH 4, 2020
The BBC is reporting a vulnerability in the Let's Encrypt certificate service: In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. I am seeing nothing on the Let's Encrypt website.
Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2020
Cracking of EncroChat's Network Leads to Hundreds of Arrests in Organized Crime Crackdown European police gained access to messages sent via an encrypted cellular network, leading to the arrest of hundreds of alleged organized crime members, according to Europol
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 19, 2020
Teleconference Company Describes Series of Security Measures Zoom will begin beta testing an end-to-end encryption feature in July that it plans to make available at no charge to all who use the paid or free version of its teleconference platform.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 6, 2020
Web Conferencing Provider Blames Routing of Keys via China on Scaling-Up Error Zoom, responding to research that identified encryption and infrastructure shortcomings in its audio and video conferencing software, has promised to further revamp its security controls.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 11, 2020
Learn How To Run Deep SSL Inspection For Encrypted Traffic. View this webinar OnDemand and learn how you can run deep SSL inspection for encrypted traffic
Data Breach Today
JULY 5, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the debate over whether the government should require technology firms to use weak encryption for messaging applications.
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Threatpost
JUNE 24, 2020
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act is being decried as "an awful idea" by security experts. Government Privacy apple Data Privacy Encryption End to end encryption Facebook FBI Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act Security
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 4, 2019
US, UK and Australia Push for Law Enforcement Access Facebook is falling under renewed pressure for its plans to make its messaging platforms fully encrypted.
Data Breach Today
JULY 26, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers a deep dive on the debate about whether law enforcement officials should have a "backdoor" to circumvent encryption.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 17, 2020
Zoom is doing the right thing : it's making end-to-end encryption available to all users, paid and unpaid. cybersecurity encryption securityengineering twofactorauthentication videoconferencing
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Government Can Force Technology Companies to Break Encryption Australia's Parliament has passed new laws enabling it to compel technology companies to break their own encryption. Although the government argued the laws are needed to combat criminal activity and terrorism, opponents argued the powers could creep beyond their scope and weaken the security of all software
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Schneier on Security
JULY 2, 2019
From a Wired article : Private Join and Compute uses a 1970s methodology known as "commutative encryption" to allow data in the data sets to be encrypted with multiple keys, without it mattering which order the keys are used in. cryptography encryption google
Threatpost
JULY 3, 2020
Cryptography Government Mobile Security Privacy Android criminal communications Criminals EncroChat encrypted chat Encryption European Union France law enforcement mobile murder network secure mobile messaging The Netherlands U.K.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 26, 2019
MongoDB now has the ability to encrypt data by field : MongoDB calls the new feature Field Level Encryption. It works kind of like end-to-end encrypted messaging, which scrambles data as it moves across the internet, revealing it only to the sender and the recipient.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
After Arresting Phantom Secure CEO, Authorities Reportedly Saw Secrets for Sale The Canadian government has arrested a senior intelligence official on charges of working as a mole.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 8, 2019
Analysis of Common Mistakes Made When Encrypting Data The Marriott mega-breach is calling attention to whether organizations are storing too much data and whether they're adequately protecting it with the proper encryption steps.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Interesting research: " Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs) ": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Stolen Laptop Contained Patient Data on Thousands Just when you thought the days of big data breaches tied to stolen unencrypted laptops were over comes news of an incident in Oregon affecting hundreds of thousands. What happened this time
Threatpost
JUNE 4, 2020
The end-to-end encryption feature will not be offered to free users, Zoom's CEO said, in case Zoom needed to comply with federal and local law enforcement. Privacy Web Security End to end encryption FBI law enforcement work from home zoom zoom privacy zoom security
Threatpost
JUNE 10, 2020
The increasingly prevalent GuLoader malware has been traced back to a far-reaching encryption service that attempts to pass as above-board. Cloud Security Malware Check Point cloudeye crypter darkeye Encryption guloader italian company malware Malware analysis packer securitycode.eu
Schneier on Security
MARCH 1, 2019
Matthew Green has a super-interesting blog post about information leakage from encrypted databases. academicpapers databases encryptionIt describes the recent work by Paul Grubbs, Marie-Sarah Lacharité, Brice Minaud, and Kenneth G. Paterson.
Security Affairs
JULY 5, 2020
Experts spotted recent samples of the Snake ransomware that were isolating the infected systems while encrypting files to avoid interference. The Snake ransomware kills processes from a predefined list, including ICS-related processes, to encrypt associated files.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 6, 2020
Mass Revocation Will Bring Too Much Concern, Project Says Let's Encrypt is going to take a softer approach to resolving the impacts from a bug in its systems that issues free TLS certificates.
Schneier on Security
MAY 10, 2019
academicpapers algorithms backdoors cryptanalysis cryptography encryption hashes russiaA pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor.
Schneier on Security
JULY 24, 2019
Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policy -- what is commonly known as "going dark." Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 22, 2020
Technology Giant Didn't Want to 'Poke the Bear,' Sources Tell Reuters Apple previously scuttled plans add end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, Reuters reports, noting that such a move would have complicated law enforcement investigations.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 23, 2019
Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to Amend Technology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations.
Security Affairs
JUNE 8, 2020
IBM has released open-source toolkits implementing fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) that allow researchers to process data while it’s still encrypted. “Your model would benefit from this superset of encrypted data without individual parties making their data public.”
Schneier on Security
APRIL 21, 2020
The Dutch intelligence service has been able to read encrypted communications from dozens of countries since the late 1970s thanks to a microchip, according to research by de Volkskrant on Thursday. Philips, together with Siemens, built an encryption machine in the late 1970s.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 11, 2018
DHS, Philips Issue Advisories for HealthSuite Android Health App The lack of strong encryption in Philips' HealthSuite Health Android app leaves the mobile health software vulnerable to hacking, according to a new advisory issued by the medical device manufacturer and an alert from the Department of Homeland Security.
Threatpost
APRIL 30, 2020
Cryptography Malware Anti-virus Encryption encryption keys github Kaspersky ransomware Shade threat actors TrojanThe team behind the ransomware, first spotted in late 2014 and typically targeting Russian victims, apologized to victims in a post on GitHub.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 23, 2020
This is new from Reuters: More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud, according to one current and three former FBI officials and one current and one former Apple employee.
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 5, 2020
Full disk encryption is a critical part of IT security. Here are the top disk encryption tools to choose from
Thales eSecurity
MARCH 13, 2018
Data encryption has been around almost since the age of computers. In truth, anyone with minimal experience can write a simple script that uses default services built into virtually every OS to encrypt data. The answer to these question changes your encryption strategy.
Schneier on Security
MAY 7, 2018
Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. The public key goes into the processor and the device, and is used to encrypt whatever user key encrypts the data.
Schneier on Security
MAY 23, 2019
cryptography encryption germany historyofcryptographyA German auction house is selling an SG-41. It looks beautiful. Starting price is 75,000 euros. My guess is that it will sell for around 100K euros.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 2, 2019
PDFex can bypass encryption and password protection in most PDF readers and online validation services. Hacks Vulnerabilities Adobe Acrobat chrome Encryption Firefox password protection Passwords PDF PDF files PDFex public key encryption
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 14, 2019
Last month, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policywhat is commonly known as "going dark." Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations.
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