Encryption

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 | 143

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 | 62

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 | 60

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 | 11

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

UK cops score legal win in EncroChat snooping op

But tribunal punts on whether data was intercepted in transit

Cyber-crime12 May 2023 | 11

Twitter adds new DM features, and Musk claims encryption is here, starting today

Updated We'll believe our DMs are secure when someone provides proof, thanks

Security10 May 2023 | 18

You don't have to wait for quantum computing to prepare for it

RSA Conference 2023 Rapid7 CSO Jaya Baloo on how to tackle this potential looming tech

Spotlight on RSA29 Apr 2023 |

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 | 40

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