Australians are paying thousands of dollars to overseas hackers to rid their computers of an unbreakable virus known as Cryptolocker. There has been a rise in the number of people falling victim to the latest version of an encryption virus which hijacks computer files and demands a ransom to restore them. The "ransomware" infects computers ...
The only term being thrown around government more than “2016 elections” these days is “cybersecurity,” particularly following a rash of damaging and high-profile data breaches. With that focus on protecting information top of mind in agencies, USMobile officials hope to find a ready market for their commercial app, which lets government workers use their personal ...
Encryption key management has become table stakes for cloud vendors, but bringing your own key isn't always the right move. The ability to bring your own encryption keys is fast becoming ubiquitous in public cloud, but that doesn't mean IT pros should retain control. Security concerns and data center oversight are two primary hang-ups for ...
THE revelations from former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden that the US Government has been tapping communications have created greater awareness on the need for secure communications, which in turn has given rise to secure messaging apps such as Telegram, Wickr and Threema. Privacy should not be a concern for just individuals, ...
Practical implementation of secure key exchange for TLS. A team of researchers claim to have developed secure, quantum computing-proof encryption that can be practically implemented today. The paper, Post-quantum key exchange for the TLS protocol from the ring learning with errors problem [pdf] is written by Joppe Bos from NXP Semiconductors in Belgium, Craig Costello ...
Cellphone encryption practices could be keeping investigators from solving the murder of Brittney Mills and her son, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Saturday, but family members remain hopeful the truth will surface. “By no means have we forgotten them,” said Mills’ mother, Barbara Mills, on Sunday. “This will be in ...
