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Secure comms app Signal now offers encrypted video calls
Users of secure chat and voice call app Signal will soon be able to enjoy the option of encrypted video calls. For the moment, only calls between Signal users who have both …
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Russian-speaking cybercriminals created over 75% of all crypto ransomware
According to the Kaspersky Lab’s telemetry, in 2016 more than 1,445,000 users (including businesses) around the globe were attacked by 54 thousand modifications of 60+ …
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It’s time to rethink using remote access VPNs for third-party access
No longer safely operating behind the traditional corporate perimeter, business productivity today depends on integrating external members of the extended enterprise into the …
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Scale, frequency and causes of certificate-related outages
Certificate-related outages negatively impact the reliability and availability of vital systems and services, according to Venafi. “Certificates and keys are identity and …
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Uncloaking Tor Browser users with DRM-protected files
Digital Rights Management (DRM)-protected media files can be used to reveal Tor Browser users’ actual IP address and therefore possibly reveal their identity, …
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Can you trust your Android VPN client?
Do you trust your Android VPN client to keep your data secure and your online browsing private? Perhaps you shouldn’t. A group of researchers has analyzed 283 Android …
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Firefox 51 starts flagging HTTP login pages as insecure
Mozilla has released Firefox 51 on Tuesday, and this latest stable version of the popular browser comes with many security fixes and improvements. The list of security …
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Encrypted webmail service Lavabit relaunched
Lavabit, the secure encrypted webmail service used by Edward Snowden, is back online. Lavabit founder and operator Ladar Levison shut it down in 2013 when the US government …
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Key Transparency: A secure directory of public encryption keys
Google has released Key Transparency, an open source public directory meant to simplify the discovery of intended recipients’ public encryption key. The project is still …
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Secure websites brought to you by the letter S
What’s so special about the letter S? It’s one of the most frequently used letters in the English language, a regular sponsor of Sesame Street, and is so common that Vanna …
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Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it
Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the …
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Growth rates of cryptographic keys and certificates
A new study conducted by Dimensional Research evaluated current and projected growth rates of cryptographic keys and digital certificates in the enterprise for 2016 and 2017. …
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