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TrueCrypt audit finds "no evidence of backdoors" or malicious code
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-04-15 04:40
On Monday, after seven months of discussion and planning, the first-phase of a two-part audit of TrueCrypt was released.
The results? iSEC, the company contracted to review the bootloader and Windows kernel driver for any backdoor or related security issue, concluded (PDF) that TrueCrypt has: “no evidence of backdoors or otherwise intentionally malicious code in the assessed areas.”
Researchers uncover NSA tool, enables faster cracking of flawed RSA algorithm
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-02 00:39
In December 2013, RSA was accused – based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden – of entering into a secret $10 million agreement with the NSA to use a flawed encryption formula in its products, but a backdoor may not be all that was snuck in, according to researchers from various universities.
“Evidence of an implementation of a non-standard TLS extension called “Extended Random” was discovered in the RSA BSAFE products,” according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin, Eindhoven University of Technology, and University of California, San Diego.
Dumb hackers leave encryption keys on victims' PCs
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-02 00:34
The latest Crypto ransomware scam – CryptoDefense – leaves victims with a key to unlock their own PC, according to security researchers.
The aggressive CryptoLocker ransomware appeared last year, locking files on victims' computers and only offering a decryption key in return for payment of a ransom.
Facebook's security chief talks encryption plan
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-03-19 01:37
Facebook has built its business upon the sharing of content between people worldwide, but protecting that data is a gargantuan responsibility -- one that demands an increasing amount of transparency.
Google starts encrypting search data to protect users from NSA snooping
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-03-17 00:43
Google has started encrypting its search data to protect users from surveillance by state intelligence outfits like the US National Security Agency (NSA) as well as hackers.
Google said that the PRISM revelations last year prompted it to rethink its privacy methods, so it has started encrypting search data using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.