Encryption

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 | 66

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

We get the privacy we deserve from our behavior

Register Debate How many websites are dancing with your data like no one is watching?

Security16 Feb 2022 | 43

In an arms race with criminals to protect our privacy, it's too early to admit defeat

Register Debate Government agents that really want your messages, though? Well, that can be another story

Security15 Feb 2022 | 18

Reality check: We should not expect our communications to remain private

Register Debate Use the best tools at your disposal – and expect the worst

Software14 Feb 2022 | 72

Internet Society condemns UK's Online Safety Bill for demonising encryption using 'think of the children' tactic

Plus: Cops' surveillance is used against drug gangs and not child abusers, says Tutanota

Security28 Jan 2022 | 67

Silk could tie up all-but-unbreakable encryption, say South Korean boffins

At last, a worm that improves security

Security28 Jan 2022 | 36

Alert: Let's Encrypt to revoke about 2 million HTTPS certificates in two days

Relatively small number of certs issued using verification method that doesn't comply with policy

Security26 Jan 2022 | 18

Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonising online chat encryption

Opinion So far we've got a pisspoor video and... er, that's it

Security20 Jan 2022 | 170

Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike resigns, leaves WhatsApp co-founder to run things until a successor is named

Departure comes as app courts controversy by integrating private cryptocurrency scheme

Security11 Jan 2022 | 62

Web3: The next generation of the web is here… apparently

Comment What is it for and how does it work? The Reg investigates

Software15 Dec 2021 | 98

A third of you slackers out there still aren't using HTTPS by default

And it's really bad news for EV cert vendors in Top 1 Million report

Security09 Dec 2021 | 33

UK data watchdog calls for end-to-end encryption across video chat apps by default

Then backtracks and tells El Reg: 'It's not a formal opinion'

Security29 Oct 2021 | 30

How a glitch in the Matrix led to apps potentially exposing encrypted chats

Forget Agent Smith, we want to see Neo fighting implementation bugs

Security13 Sep 2021 | 7

WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encrypted backups in iCloud, Google Drive with user-managed keys

Funny how 'privacy-focused' Apple and Google haven't managed that

Security11 Sep 2021 | 33

UK.gov is launching an anti-Facebook encryption push. Don't think of the children: Think of the nuances and edge cases instead

Opinion You can't reduce such a vital issue to concern over paedophiles and terrorists

Security08 Sep 2021 | 133

NSA: We 'don't know when or even if' a quantum computer will ever be able to break today's public-key encryption

Then again, it would say that

Security01 Sep 2021 | 69

Quantum Key Distribution: Is it as secure as claimed and what can it offer the enterprise?

Feature Er... let's just ask the experts boffins

Security06 Jul 2021 | 37

GPRS-era mobile data encryption algorithm GEA/1 was 'weak by design', still lingers in today's phones

Just in case you travel back in time to 1998

Security17 Jun 2021 | 22

We've been shown time and again that strong encryption puts crims behind bars, so why do politicos hate it?

Column If we trust it, crooks will too – meaning Plod can get their kiloscrote nab

Security14 Jun 2021 | 84

Australian cops, FBI created backdoored chat app, told crims it was secure – then snooped on 9,000 users' plots

Hundreds of arrests already in Oz, details of European and US ops to be revealed soon

Security08 Jun 2021 | 97

Military infosec SNAFUs: What WhatsApp and bears in the woods can teach us

Column One can’t spell shit without IT, but for Pete's sake it doesn't need to be in your endpoints

Security07 Jun 2021 | 20

Blessed are the cryptographers, labelling them criminal enablers is just foolish

Column Preserving privacy is hard. I know because when I tried, I quickly learned not to play with weapons

Security12 May 2021 | 171

Half of Q1's malware traffic observed by Sophos was TLS encrypted, hiding inside legit requests to legit services

Brit infosec outfit points to nefarious deeds within Discord, Google systems

Security21 Apr 2021 | 15