Open Whisper Systems has released version 2 of its Signal secure calling app for iPhone. This is an important iteration, as it introduces secure text messaging that’s compatible with the outfit’s… Read more »
It’s clear that big banks provide a lot of incentive for hackers to launch cyber attacks, given the amount of sensitive data they hold and the cash they oversee. But banks aren’t… Read more »
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday designed to spur businesses and the Federal Government to share with each other information related to cybersecurity, hacking and data breaches for… Read more »
It might be a bit more difficult for hackers to launch coordinated attacks against several different companies at the same time thanks to a new collaborative threat-detection framework by Facebook called… Read more »
British Prime Minister David Cameron is reportedly set to ask President Barack Obama to apply pressure to U.S. tech firms that offer fully encrypted communications, to compel them to break the… Read more »
The British prime minister David Cameron has suggested that if his Conservative Party wins the upcoming general election, it will not allow encrypted communications that cannot be read by the security… Read more »
The password manager Dashlane, which competes with the likes of LastPass and 1Password, just gained a new trick. Through the acquisition of a New York-based startup called PassOmatic, Dashlane is now… Read more »
The growth of internet-funded businesses, software as a service, data as a service and other models have slowly and steadily changed the circumstances of our personal privacy online. Read more »
The social network has come out with a .onion address that works with SSL and lets users access Facebook without disclosing their true location. Read more »
By cross-checking stolen account information on websites that hackers post to, Facebook can update its users on whether or not their data has been compromised. Read more »