Republican US presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that encryption makes it harder for the NSA to do its job, and advocated for broad NSA surveillance powers to catch “evildoers.”
Tag Archives: Cryptography
Another Android hole: “OCtoRuTA” – One (Java) Class to Rule Them All
Yet another large-scale vulnerability has been revealed in Android. This one lets an otherwise innocent-looking app go rogue, and enjoy privileges normally limited to the trusted parts of Android.
SSCC 210 – So many cool new Windows 10 features to opt out of! [PODCAST]
Enjoy the latest episode of our award-winning weekly security podcast – a quarter-hour of entertaining education.
Interested in Mac viruses? Here’s Thunderstrike 2, a.k.a. the “firmworm”
When one door closes, another one opens. Thunderstrike, the Mac firmware hole from early in 2015, is back for its sequel, Thunderstrike 2.
SSCC 209 – Can encryption be too good? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly podcast that turns security news into useful advice…
Is that a Flash 0-day hole I see before me? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Patches, hacking and keeping your head down online: our weekly 1-minute fun news video that’s educational, too!
The OpenSSL “CVE-2015-1793” certificate verification bug – what you need to know
OpenSSL announced on Monday that it had a “high severity” update arriving in three days’ time. That’s today, and the update is out. Paul Ducklin tells you what you need to know…
Amazon releases low-cholesterol Heartbleed medicine called ‘s2n’
Remember the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL? Here’s Amazon’s open-source effort to expand our choice of cryptographic sauce…
FTC acts against dodgy mobile app that mined Dogecoin behind your back
The app was called “Prized,” but it was the app vendor that took the prizes by co-opting your phone into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.
Encrypt like everyone’s watching! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
There’s a Sophos T-shirt that warns you, “Dance like nobody’s watching. Encrypt like everyone is.” We aren’t kidding, folks, and this week’s 60 Second Security tells you why!
