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Attorney general William Barr seems eager to reignite the encryption wars, starting with the social media giant. Security Security / Privacy MORE
Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Kremez noticed that the ransomware doesn’t encrypt folders that are associated with *NIX operating systems. MORE
Nowhere GDPR Articles mention that encryption is necessary but implementing such measures can reduce the occurrence of a data breach. GDPR Compliant Encryption Methods. The two most commonly stated GDPR-compliant encryption methods mentioned in the GDPR Articles are as follows, 1. MORE
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
Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum , a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. SecurityAffairs – Android, encryption). MORE
The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. backdoors encryption keyescrow nationalsecuritypolicy vulnerabilities MORE
Mark Zuckerberg promised default end-to-end encryption throughout Facebook's platforms. Nearly a year later, Messenger's not even close. Security Security / Security News MORE
Techniques too tough for quantum computing solutions will be part of public cloud and tape storage encryption MORE
This is true even though encryption will impose costs on society, especially victims of other types of crime. [.]. Basically, he argues that the security value of strong encryption greatly outweighs the security value of encryption that can be bypassed. 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
So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods. Security Security / Security News MORE
The Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leave s a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. SecurityAffairs – encryption, hacking). The post Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in plaintext DB appeared first on Security Affairs. 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
Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. What is the purpose of Enterprise Key Management if Slack really encrypts the data? Slack currently encrypts your data in transit and at rest. 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
It has issued yet another patch for its Management Engine after a researcher was able to extract two types of encryption keys. Researcher Finds Intel's Previous Management Engine Patches Weren't Foolproof Intel has had a challenging time of late on the vulnerability front. 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
If a site offers HTTPS, DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption will take you there. Security Security / Security News 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
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
Database giant MongoDB has a new encryption scheme that should help slow the scourge of breaches. Security Security / Security News 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
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
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
Security teams have been slow to embrace enterprisewide encryption, and for good reasons. But the truth is, it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing endeavor MORE
Techniques too tough for quantum computing solutions will be part of public cloud and tape storage encryption 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
Director Calls For 'Responsible' Solution That's Not a Backdoor FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency was unable to access nearly 7,800 devices in fiscal 2017 because of encryption, which he alleges will pose ever-increasing complications for law enforcement. 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
At least one presidential candidate has a policy about quantum computing and encryption. One: fund quantum-resistant encryption standards. blockchain cryptography encryption nationalsecuritypolicy quantumcomputing MORE
Apple is investigating an issue raised by a Mac specialist discovered to be storing emails that are supposed to be S/MIME-encrypted as readable files. Vulnerabilities apple Apple Mail Data Privacy Data security database email Encryption macOS s/mime Security Siri 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
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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The Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leave s a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. SecurityAffairs – encryption, hacking). The post Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in plaintext DB appeared first on Security Affairs.
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The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. backdoors encryption keyescrow nationalsecuritypolicy vulnerabilities
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Mark Zuckerberg promised default end-to-end encryption throughout Facebook's platforms. Nearly a year later, Messenger's not even close. Security Security / Security News
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Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum , a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. SecurityAffairs – Android, encryption).
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DECEMBER 26, 2019
Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Kremez noticed that the ransomware doesn’t encrypt folders that are associated with *NIX operating systems.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 28, 2019
This is true even though encryption will impose costs on society, especially victims of other types of crime. [.]. Basically, he argues that the security value of strong encryption greatly outweighs the security value of encryption that can be bypassed.
Data Breach Today
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It has issued yet another patch for its Management Engine after a researcher was able to extract two types of encryption keys. Researcher Finds Intel's Previous Management Engine Patches Weren't Foolproof Intel has had a challenging time of late on the vulnerability front.
Schneier on Security
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At least one presidential candidate has a policy about quantum computing and encryption. One: fund quantum-resistant encryption standards. blockchain cryptography encryption nationalsecuritypolicy quantumcomputing
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So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods. Security Security / Security News
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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.
Data Breach Today
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Director Calls For 'Responsible' Solution That's Not a Backdoor FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency was unable to access nearly 7,800 devices in fiscal 2017 because of encryption, which he alleges will pose ever-increasing complications for law enforcement.
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Nowhere GDPR Articles mention that encryption is necessary but implementing such measures can reduce the occurrence of a data breach. GDPR Compliant Encryption Methods. The two most commonly stated GDPR-compliant encryption methods mentioned in the GDPR Articles are as follows, 1.
Dark Reading
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Security teams have been slow to embrace enterprisewide encryption, and for good reasons. But the truth is, it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing endeavor
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If a site offers HTTPS, DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption will take you there. Security Security / Security News
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Database giant MongoDB has a new encryption scheme that should help slow the scourge of breaches. Security Security / Security News
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Attorney general William Barr seems eager to reignite the encryption wars, starting with the social media giant. Security Security / Privacy
Security Affairs
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Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. What is the purpose of Enterprise Key Management if Slack really encrypts the data? Slack currently encrypts your data in transit and at rest.
Dark Reading
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Techniques too tough for quantum computing solutions will be part of public cloud and tape storage encryption
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