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Overreliance on the NSA led to weak crypto standard, NIST advisers find

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 15, 2014 4 mins

Encryption Government IT Laws and Regulations

Microsoft settles with No-IP in botnet hunt, after seizing its domains

Jul 9, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Malware Small and Medium Business

Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata

Jul 6, 2014 3 mins

Encryption Network Security Security

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase tries to quell security concerns with ‘vault’ service

Jul 2, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Data and Information Security E-commerce Software

EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws

Jul 1, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Compliance Data and Information Security

Google launches ‘cookie choices’ site to let Europeans know how they’re being tracked

Jun 30, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Compliance Data and Information Security

Microsoft’s crusade against malware advances to Kuwait, Algeria

Jun 30, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Data and Information Security Malware

Encrypted Web traffic can reveal highly sensitive information

Jun 23, 2014 3 mins

Encryption Network Security Security

Heartbleed patching effort stalls at around 300,000 vulnerable servers

By Lucian Constantin

Jun 23, 2014 3 mins

Encryption Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business

Google develops own ‘boring’ version of OpenSSL

Jun 22, 2014 2 mins

Application Security Data and Information Security Encryption