A tool to AES encrypt/decrypt data in javascript and/or PHP. You can use it for PHP only, for Javascript only or mix it together. It uses aes-256-cbc implementation ...
Written by Rich Mogull, Chief Analyst, CSA. You probably weren’t using it anyway, so might as well cut the cruft and end a lesser-known attack vector. I’m a bit late to the party, but this morning I ...
Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...
Encryption is an essential component of a safe and trustworthy Internet. Weakening it not only undermines personal privacy but also jeopardizes national security and global cybersecurity standards.
The spotlight on encrypted apps is also a reminder of the complex debate pitting government interests against individual liberties. Governments desire to monitor everyday communications for law ...
Earlier this year, the UK government’s backdoor requirement led Apple to withdraw its encrypted backup services from the country. In France, proposed “Narcotrafic” legislation would compromise ...
The UK, France, Sweden, and EU have made fresh attacks on end-to-end encryption. Some of the attacks are more “crude” than those in recent years, experts say. Over the past few months, there has been ...
A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political action ...
With all the marketing Apple does around privacy, and all the talk lately of government surveillance around the globe, you would hope that the data for all your Apple cloud services is locked down ...
FBI Urges Americans to Use Encryption After Complaining About It for Years With Chinese hackers potentially lurking in US telecom networks, the FBI—a longtime critic of full end-to-end ...