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Details of over 50,000 credit and debit cards have been stolen from 119 PoS terminals infected with a malware program called ChewBacca
Defunct secure email service Lavabit argued that the government court order for encrypted email was too sweeping
The vulnerability could allow attackers to intercept traffic from Android devices despite an active VPN connection
Members of academia urge the U.S. government to reform surveillance practices
19 Tor exit relays used self-signed certificates to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS and SSH connections
Speculating on the specifics of Target's security breach, analysts suggest that encryption may have spoiled the data stolen in the attack.
The company hopes to tap the security research community to find potential problems
Encrypt at the POS to avoid loss of credit/debit card data
The phone is the creation of smartphone manufacturer Geeksphone and encrypted communications provider Silent Circle
The company's CEO confirmed that attackers used malware to steal credit and debit card data from PoS systems