encryption
New Tor version fixes issues that can crash hidden services and clients
Two new versions of the Tor anonymity software have been released on Tuesday, with fixes for two security issues that can be exploited to crash hidden services and clients …
Firefox loses opportunistic encryption feature due to critical flaw
Less than a week after it made Firefox 37 available for download, Mozilla is pulling one of the security features it implemented. Mozilla is urging users to update again, to …
Tails 1.3.1 emergecy release fixes security issues
Tails 1.3.1, is out. This is an emergency release, triggered by an unscheduled Firefox release meant to fix critical security issues. This version fixes numerous security …
OpenSSL security update less critical than expected, still recommended
As announced on Monday, the OpenSSL project team has released new versions of the cryptographic library that fix a number of security issues. The announcement created a panic …
Search for vulnerable servers unearths weak, thousands-times repeated RSA keys
A group of researchers from the Information Security Group from Royal Holloway, University of London, wanted to see how many TLS servers still supported the weak, export-grade …
Deanonymizing Tor users with Raptor attacks
A group of researchers from Princeton University and ETH Zurich have found yet another way to deanonymize Tor users. “There are essentially two ways for an adversary to …
Yahoo announces email encryption plugin, password-free logins
Yahoo email users will soon be able to encrypt the emails they send out by simply clicking on a button. In addition to this, users will be able to effectively forget their …
Transport for London adopts ultra-secure USB drives
Transport for London (TfL) has adopted ultra-secure USB flash drives to ensure that its data is protected in the event of the loss or theft of portable devices. DatAshur USB …
Windows vulnerable to FREAK attacks after all
Microsoft has released a security advisory on Thursday, confirming that all supported releases of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to the recently documented FREAK (Factoring …
FREAK bug breaks SSL encryption for Android and Apple devices
A flaw in OpenSSL and Apple’s Secure Transport implementation of SSL and TLS protocols is putting millions of Android and Apple device users as well as visitors of …
Signal 2.0: Cross-platform encrypted voice and text communication app
Open Whisper Systems has released a new version of Signal, its free, open source iOS app for end-to-end encrypted voice calls. As announced in July last year, when the first …
New versions of Tails and Tor Browser fix numerous security issues
Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. Several …