Encryption

Wrong time to weaken encryption, UK IT chartered institute tells government

Plus: Signal, WhatsApp, and Viber also write online protest over Online Safety Bill back door

Security18 Apr 2023 | 145

The UK's bad encryption law can't withstand global contempt

Opinion Any sufficiently stupid technology is indistinguishable from magical thinking

Security13 Mar 2023 | 298

Rambus takes charge of Arm’s CryptoCell, CryptoIsland IP

Updated Building a watertight SoC? You'll have to go through IP-slinger now

Systems10 Mar 2023 | 2

German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control

Proposal to break encryption to scan messages for abuse material challenged as illegal and unworkable

Security03 Mar 2023 | 22

Google: You get crypto, you get crypto, almost everyone gets email crypto!

Personal Gmail users still out of luck

Security01 Mar 2023 | 10

What Mary, Queen of Scots, can teach today’s cybersec royalty

Opinion Tech has changed in 400 years. The rules haven’t

Security20 Feb 2023 | 33

Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app, arrest dozens

German and Dutch authorities say the app was a favorite of organized criminals and drug smugglers

Security07 Feb 2023 | 39

DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO

Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price

Science02 Feb 2023 | 6

Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it

Ongoing probe into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated

Security25 Jan 2023 | 49

Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yet

Heavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end

Security24 Jan 2023 |

Microsoft locks door to default guest authentication in Windows Pro

Bringing OS version into sync with Enterprise and Education editions

CSO17 Jan 2023 | 24

Chinese researchers' claimed quantum encryption crack looks unlikely

Near-term vulnerability of RSA-2048 keys not so near, says quantum boffin Scott Aaronson

Security07 Jan 2023 | 31

Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta

Slowly inching toward E2EE

Security19 Dec 2022 | 18

NIST says you better dump weak SHA-1 ... by 2030

How about right now? Right now is good

Security16 Dec 2022 | 30

Egad, did Apple do something right? End-to-end encryption for (most) iCloud services

And remember CSAM scanning plan? Forget that was ever a thing

Security08 Dec 2022 | 14

Can confidential computing stop the next crypto heist?

Tech giants and startups hype next big thing in security

Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 18

Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans

Lesser of two REvils? There’s a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 4

Children should have separate sections in social media sites, says UK coroner

Also recommends age verification as Meta tells The Reg it's working on parental controls

Networks18 Oct 2022 | 86

FYI: Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption relies on insecure block cipher

Redmond says OME isn't supposed to be used for security, just for something else

Security14 Oct 2022 | 13

Scanning phones to detect child abuse evidence is harmful, 'magical' thinking

Exclusive Security expert challenges claim that bypassing encryption is essential to protecting kids

Security13 Oct 2022 | 142

When are we gonna stop calling it ransomware? It's just data kidnapping now

Comment It's not like the good old days with iffy cryptography and begging for keys

Security09 Oct 2022 | 20

Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption

They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert

Research07 Oct 2022 | 20

FBI: We tracked who was printing secret documents to unmask ex-NSA suspect

Infosec systems designer alleged to have chatted with undercover agent

Security03 Oct 2022 | 53

Matrix chat encryption sunk by five now-patched holes

You take the green pill, you'll spend six hours in a 'don't roll your own crypto' debate

Research28 Sep 2022 | 8

Ever suspected bankers used WhatsApp comms at work? $1.8b says you're right

Updated Thought shadow IT at your office was bad? Try enforcing workplace device policies on hedge fund traders

Security28 Sep 2022 | 65

Meta, Twitter, Apple, Google urged to up encryption game in post-Roe America

Tech giants 'throwing their users to the wolves'

Security20 Sep 2022 | 14

Patch your Mitel VoIP systems, Lorenz ransomware gang is back on the prowl

Criminals do love that unpatched VoIP and IoT kit

Security13 Sep 2022 | 2

NATO investigates after criminals claim to be selling its stolen missile plans

In brief Also, Microsoft’s one-click TikTok trick, a 14-year old Aussie cracks ASD encryption in an hour, and more

Security05 Sep 2022 | 16

Indian court directs chat app Telegram to disclose details of copyright infringers

Judge says that servers being located in Singapore is not a get-out clause

Security02 Sep 2022 | 8

Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search

Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial

Research17 Aug 2022 | 81

1,900 Signal users exposed: Twilio attacker 'explicitly' looked for certain numbers

Updated Bad guy also got SMS verification codes, and re-registered one of the numbers they searched for

Cyber-crime16 Aug 2022 | 41

Dealing with legacy issues around Red Hat crypto versions? Here's a fix

RHEL SHA-ll speak unto RHEL… except from 9 to 6

OSes11 Aug 2022 | 13

Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon

NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble

Research03 Aug 2022 | 83

WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat

'What's being proposed is that we ... read everyone's messages. I don't think people want that'

Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 52

IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe

Big Blue says it helped developed the algos, so knows what it's doing

Security27 Jul 2022 | 10

British intelligence recycles old argument for thwarting strong encryption: Think of the children!

Comment Levy and Robinson are at it again

Security22 Jul 2022 | 185

Tories spar over UK's delayed Online Safety Bill

Perfect political pantomime

Personal Tech15 Jul 2022 | 141

Tech world may face huge fines if it doesn't scrub CSAM from encrypted chats

'It is possible to implement end-to-end crypto in a way that preserves privacy,' claims UK Home Sec

Security07 Jul 2022 | 113

Hive ransomware gang rapidly evolves with complex encryption, Rust code

RaaS malware devs have been busy bees

Research06 Jul 2022 | 3

Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here

NIST pushes ahead with CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, SPHINCS+ algorithms

Research05 Jul 2022 | 42

Crypto sleuths pin $100 million Harmony theft on Lazarus Group

Elliptic points to several indicators that suggest the North Korea-linked gang was behind the hack

Cyber-crime01 Jul 2022 | 8

Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users

Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’

Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7

Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems

Now we can say extortionware has jumped the shark

Research26 May 2022 | 3

Protecting data now as the quantum era approaches

Analysis Startup QuSecure is the latest vendor to jump into the field with its as-a-service offering

Security20 May 2022 | 2

Europe proposes tackling child abuse by killing privacy, strong encryption

If we're gonna go through this again, can we just literally go back in time?

Security12 May 2022 | 130

Biden orders new quantum push to ensure encryption isn't cracked by rivals

Domestic action and international collaboration to make sure you-know-who – OK, China – doesn't get ahead of the game

Security05 May 2022 | 10

Kaspersky cracks Yanluowang ransomware, offers free decryptor

Step one, get some scrambled files back. Steps two through 37...

Security19 Apr 2022 | 27

OpenSSH takes aim at 'capture now, decrypt later' quantum attacks

Guarding against the forever almost-here crypto-cracking tech

Security12 Apr 2022 | 12

Cooler heads needed in heated E2EE debate, says think tank

RUSI argues for collaboration, while others note all 'scans' compromise secure encryption

Security05 Apr 2022 | 45

Dems propose privacy-respecting digital dollar

ECASH Act calls for Treasury to develop electronic currency, no blockchain required

Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 43

IBM powers up cloud service for managing crypto keys

As in encryption, not coins, thankfully

SaaS23 Mar 2022 | 1

Russia is the advanced persistent threat that just triggered. Ready?

Opinion Data security looks very different when your life depends on it

Security28 Feb 2022 | 121

Samsung shipped '100 million' phones with flawed encryption

Academics found TrustZone-level code could not be trusted to keep secrets

Security23 Feb 2022 | 22

EncroChat defendants' lawyers make bid to halt trial

Good luck finding public support for that one

Security22 Feb 2022 | 19

Should we expect to keep communication private in the digital age?

Register Debate Reg writers and readers wrangle over rights and realities

Security18 Feb 2022 | 38

Privacy and computer security are too important to be left to political meddling

Register Debate And it shouldn't be a privilege handed out by governments

Security17 Feb 2022 | 47