Security

Veriflow promises to bulletproof networks

Eliminating both outages and breaches is the Holy Grail for network professionals. Can Veriflow deliver?

What’s the deal with the massive Panama Papers data leak?

The email hack includes 2.6 terabytes of data, including 4.8 million email messages and 2.2 million PDFs

Google fixes 39 Android flaws, some allow hackers to take over your phone

Some flaws can lead to a complete device compromise that requires reflashing the OS in order to recover the phone

Consumers don’t think they’ll get hacked

People who spend a good portion of their personal and professional lives online say they care about security and privacy. But most of them don’t act like it

This startup uses math to show whether your network is safe

Veriflow uses a verification system from the space program to study all possible data paths

Light will ultimately secure the Internet, scientists say

Absolute secure information will eventually be made available through a revolutionary light-based password exchange now that a technical limitation has been removed, say researchers.

HTTP compression continues to put encrypted communications at risk

Researchers improve the BREACH attack to extract sensitive data from encrypted HTTPS connections faster

FBI will help US agencies with tools to unlock encrypted devices

The FBI did not commit on using the method tried on the San Bernardino iPhone

Why you should own the key when encrypting data in the cloud

Critics of DMCA takedowns flood Copyright Office with thousands of comments

Advocates want penalties for companies that file unwarranted takedown requests