Encryption

Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors

Security14 Mar 2025 | 82

Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order

Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports

Security05 Mar 2025 | 120

Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors

Opinion Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go

Cyber-crime03 Mar 2025 | 126

Signal will withdraw from Sweden if encryption-busting laws take effect

Experts warned the UK’s recent 'victory' over Apple would kickstart something of a domino effect

Security26 Feb 2025 | 118

The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t

No matter how deep you are in Apple's 'ecosystem,’ there are ways to stay encrypted in Blighty

Security24 Feb 2025 | 125

Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud encryption for UK peeps

Infosec in brief Plus: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more

Security24 Feb 2025 | 89

US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor

Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down

Security13 Feb 2025 | 57

UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order

Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim

Security07 Feb 2025 | 159

Biden signs sweeping cybersecurity order, just in time for Trump to gut it

Analysis Ransomware, AI, secure software, digital IDs – there's something for everyone in the presidential directive

Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 40

It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board

Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do

Security14 Jan 2025 | 153

Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says

interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business

Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 74

Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up

The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years

Security17 Dec 2024 | 51

Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause'

Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 56

Messaging app makers' dilemma: Keeping comms private and funding open source

Interview After Telegram CEO was charged in France, Element bosses mull the challenges

Networks25 Sep 2024 | 16

Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform

Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops

Cyber-crime18 Sep 2024 | 18

Australian Police conducted supply chain attack on criminal collaborationware

Sting led to cuffing of alleged operator behind Ghost – an app for drug trafficking, money laundering, and violence-as-a-service

Cyber-crime18 Sep 2024 | 9

China’s quantum* crypto tech may be unhackable, but it's hardly a secret

Opinion * Quite Unlikely A New Technology’s Useful, Man

Security16 Sep 2024 | 52

If HDMI screen rips aren't good enough for you pirates, DeCENC is another way to beat web video DRM

Academically interesting technique for poking holes in paywalled tech specs

Research12 Sep 2024 | 37

Telegram CEO was 'too free' on content moderation, says Russian minister

CEO Pavel Durov charged in France, messaging platform insists it abides by EU laws

Security02 Sep 2024 | 20

Indian stock exchange finally encrypting all messages to traders

Requests for pricing will soon be encrypted, after implementation deadline was extended

Security30 May 2024 | 2

Zoom adds 'post-quantum' encryption for video nattering

Guess we all have imaginary monsters to fear

Security21 May 2024 | 10

Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government

Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services

Applications14 May 2024 | 25

You want us to think of the children? Couldn't agree more

Opinion But breaking E2EE and blanket bans aren't thinking at all

Security13 May 2024 | 80

Encrypted mail service Proton hands suspect's personal info to local cops

Infosec in brief Plus: Google patches another Chrome security hole, and more

Security13 May 2024 | 52

End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box

interview Internet Society's Robin Wilton tells us the war on privacy won't be won by the plod

Security05 May 2024 | 84

Not a Genius move: Resurrecting war hero Alan Turing as your 'chief AI officer'

Comment Chatbot vendor should end the campaign and apologize

AI + ML02 May 2024 | 156

Encrypted email service files DMA complaint claiming it vanished from Google Search

Tuta cries foul, Chocolate Factory denies service unreachable

Applications26 Apr 2024 | 62

Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors

And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks

Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 108

Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE

Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children

Security22 Apr 2024 | 25

Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd

Fifty-one years of community contributions, software, and clever cryptanalysis contributed

Bootnotes04 Apr 2024 | 38

Telegram eyes IPO as user numbers close in on 1 billion

Chat app chaps may even turn a profit this year

Networks12 Mar 2024 | 23

Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption

State government says it's thinking of the children

Security26 Feb 2024 | 37

Feds post $15 million bounty for info on ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware crew

infosec in brief ALSO: EncroChat crims still getting busted; ransomware takes down CO public defenders office; and crit vulns

Security19 Feb 2024 |

European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all

Security15 Feb 2024 | 215

Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute

Windows encryption feature defeated by $10 and a YouTube tutorial

Research07 Feb 2024 | 141

Privacy crusaders accuse X of ad-targeting that flouts EU rules

Campaign to promote 'chat control' legislation allegedly sorted users by political views, religious beliefs

Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 23

Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger

Surfing the cryptographic wave

Applications07 Dec 2023 | 7

Bug hunters on your marks: TETRA radio encryption algorithms to enter public domain

Emergency comms standard had five nasty flaws but will be opened to academic research

Security14 Nov 2023 | 10

EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of privacy-busting content-scanning 'experts'

Names of consultants on encryption bypass plan leaked anyway

Public Sector09 Nov 2023 | 54

UK may demand tech world tell it about upcoming security features

Campaigners say proposals to reform laws are 'dangerous' and an attack on safety

Public Sector07 Nov 2023 | 150

'Corrupt' cop jailed for tipping off pal to EncroChat dragnet

Taking selfie with 'official sensitive' doc wasn't smartest idea, either

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2023 | 63

Does Windows have a very weak password lurking in its crypto libraries?

Don't panic – it's just for testing

OSes26 Oct 2023 | 26

Europe mulls open sourcing TETRA emergency services' encryption algorithms

Turns out secrecy doesn't breed security

Cybersecurity Month12 Oct 2023 | 26

ROBOT crypto attack on RSA is back as Marvin arrives

More precise timing tests find many implementations vulnerable

Research26 Sep 2023 | 9

Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers

X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out

Security20 Sep 2023 | 19

UK admits 'spy clause' can't be used for scanning encrypted chat – it's not 'feasible'

Comment But don't celebrate yet ... it has simply kicked the online safety can down the road, Westminster style

Security07 Sep 2023 | 95

Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe

Video Big blow to blighters' blow-by-the-boatload blueprint

Cyber-crime02 Sep 2023 | 31

Good news for Key Group ransomware victims: Free decryptor out now

That's what we call a static shock

CSO31 Aug 2023 | 5

TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts

Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control

Research24 Jul 2023 | 59

Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about

16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says

Science20 Jul 2023 | 17

Now Apple takes a bite out of encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law

Not the iPhone maker's first think-of-the-children rodeo

Security29 Jun 2023 | 126

Cops' total pwnage of 'secure' EncroChat nets 6,500+ arrests, €740m in funds – so far

Or so the Europlod says

Cyber-crime27 Jun 2023 | 9

Hold it – another vulnerability found in MOVEit file transfer software

Infosec in brief Also, the FBI's $180k investment in AN0M keeps paying off, and this week's critical vulnerabilities

Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7

90+ orgs tell Slack to stop slacking when it comes to full encryption

Protests planned for Wednesday in San Francisco and Denver

CSO30 May 2023 | 8

Upstart encryption app walks back privacy claims, pulls from stores after probe

Try not leaving a database full of user info, chats, keys exposed, eh?

Research17 May 2023 | 40

'Top three Balkans drug kingpins' arrested after cops crack their Sky ECC chats

Maybe try carrier pigeons instead

Cyber-crime13 May 2023 | 27