Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new, Santa Monica-based cybersecurity startup, Opaque Communications, said on Tuesday that it has launched the company and released a new suite of products in the cybersecurity area. The startup, led by Dwayne Hall, said its new products are aimed The…
SECURITY THIS WEEK: THE GOVERNMENT REALLY DOESN’T SEEM TO LIKE ENCRYPTION
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen uncovered the probable identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto—but then again, he might be a hoaxer. We took a look at malvertising, the hack that can infect your computer even if you don’t click…
Unbreakable Encryption inspired by Human Biology
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When we talk about security, only one thing cames to our mind – ENCRYPTION. Encryption of our online messages, encryption of our emails, encryption of our voice call, encryption of our every personal data and communication that we have to keep…
Calls grow for government back doors to encryption
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The deadly terror attacks in Paris and Beirut have stirred up political tensions in an unlikely locale: Silicon Valley. Terrorists may have take advantage of encrypted messaging services to avoid surveillance, reports said, raising the stakes on an already tenuous issue…
Government pressure for Apple to bypass iPhone encryption reduced as owner enters guilty plea
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court to decide quickly whether Apple is required to aid investigators by bypassing his iPhone 5s passcode. Feng had been indicted on…
Line messaging adds “Letter Sealing” end-to-end encryption
People have their own reasons for wanting to keep their communication private and whatever that reason may be, every developer wants to create the service that people use for those private messages. Apple has long touted that iMessage has end-to-end encryption, Google has made emails between Gmail addresses encrypted all…
Thanks to encryption, we may never spot space aliens says Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden says encryption will make Earth and Earthlings invisible to extraterrestrials The anti-encryption lobby has just got a new fan. After the government agencies, who are against encryption for obvious reasons, Edward Snowden has spoken out against encryption albeit for a different reason altogether. Edward Snowden, the US government…
Spotlight: Fileseal is a user-friendly automatic file encryption app for Android
If you’re after a user-friendly file encryption app, consider Fileseal. This app lets you encrypt files on your Android device’s storage and automatically sync them with cloud storage services, such as Dropbox and Google Drive. Specifying a target folder means both existing and newly added files inside the folder and…
TOSHIBA PURSUING HACKER-RESISTANT ENCRYPTION
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Toshiba is working on an Internet-based communication encryption system, which industry analysts say will be unbreakable, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (June 22). Engineers believe one of the best ways to ensure communication stays secret is to create a one-time key…
Apple, Google encryption ‘not helping’ criminal investigation: AFP
Access to encryption technology, the growth of cloud services, and the Internet of Things pose challenges to the way the Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigates both traditional and online criminal activity. Speaking at the CeBIT GovInnovate conference in Canberra on […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…