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Replicating NSA’s gadgets using open source

One peek at the leaked pages of NSA’s ANT catalog made wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann’s mind start spinning. “Could we – could I – …

German startup raises $2M for NSA-proof server

A German startup has broken crowdfunding records as it managed to get pledges for 1.5 million Euros (around $2 million) in less than a few hours. The project that prompted …

Defeating UEFI’s SecureBoot

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is ment to replace the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface found on all IBM PC-compatible personal computers. …

UK government proposes life sentences for hackers

Hackers in the UK could be in for a world of problems, as the UK government is looking to hand out life-long prison sentences to those who are found guilty of organizing and …

Set up email encryption in half an hour

As part of the global Reset the Net action, the Free Software Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes computer user freedom and aims to defend the rights of all …

OpenSSL releases patches for critical MITM, code execution flaws

OpenSSL users, you need to patch again. The OpenSSL team released a security update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities, two of which could be considered critical. The first one is …

Comcast will start encrypting email to and from Gmail accounts

Google’s unveiling of a new section to its Transparency Report that, among other things, shows which services support encryption in transit, has quickly lead to another …

Relations between spam landscape actors can be leveraged for detection

Since late 2012, a group of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and RWTH Aachen University has been working on finding out the relations that exist between the different actors …

Google unveils source code for Chrome encryption extension

Google has made publicly available the source code for a new Chrome extension that helps users encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign, and verify signed messages within the browser …

Critical bug in GnuTLS crypto library could allow malicious code execution

Another critical bug in an open source SSL/TLS (and DTLS) cryptographic library has been discovered and patched last week. The affected library is GnuTLS, and is used in a …

12,000 users ask Google to forget them

12,000 pleas from users looking to be forgotten have been submitted to Google in the first 24 hours since the company created a dedicated submission page for such requests, …

Researcher automates discovery of Facebook users’ hidden friends

Putting a friend on Facebook on your “private” list does not guarantee you that anyone else won’t be able to spot the relationship, says researcher Shay …

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