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- April 06, 2018
06 Apr'18
Risk & Repeat: New revelations in San Bernardino iPhone case
In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss the OIG report's findings on the FBI's effort to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists.
- March 20, 2018
20 Mar'18
IBM outlines visions for crypto anchors, lattice cryptography
At IBM's Think conference, Big Blue researchers discussed new security-centric projects around blockchain databases, crypto anchors and quantum-resilient encryption.
- January 26, 2018
26 Jan'18
FBI encryption argument draws fire from senator
Sen. Ron Wyden challenged the FBI encryption argument and asked the FBI director to be transparent about claims that lawful access could be provided securely.
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- January 24, 2018
24 Jan'18
Risk & Repeat: Backdoor access, strong encryption debate rolls on
In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss the FBI's continued criticism of encrypted devices and the risks of vendor-created backdoor access points.
- November 01, 2017
01 Nov'17
Risk & Repeat: Responsible encryption ramps up
In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss the recent push from law enforcement officials for responsible encryption and what that may mean.
- October 31, 2017
31 Oct'17
Is "responsible encryption" the new answer to "going dark"?
"Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead." So wrote Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard's Almanack, in 1735. Franklin knew a thing or two about secrets, as well as about cryptography, given ...
- October 18, 2017
18 Oct'17
ROCA RSA flaw unveils secret keys on wide range of devices
Researchers disclosed the ROCA RSA vulnerability as a dangerous flaw in the cryptographic code of Infineon chips that could undermine encryption key security for a number of devices.
- October 13, 2017
13 Oct'17
DOJ's 'responsible encryption' is the new 'going dark'
News roundup: The DOJ calls for 'responsible encryption' to comply with court orders. Plus, there's more bad cybersecurity news for banks, and Accenture data in AWS gets exposed.
- April 07, 2017
07 Apr'17
State Department hack and APT29 prove attacker resilience
News Roundup: 'Hand-to-hand' combat in State Department hack, APT29 has a stealth backdoor, the creator of the internet backs strong encryption, and more.
- April 05, 2017
05 Apr'17
Risk & Repeat: Strong encryption under fire again
In this episode of SearchSecurity's Risk & Repeat podcast, editors discuss the latest round of the encryption debate and what it means for apps that use strong encryption.
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- March 30, 2017
30 Mar'17
Experts debunk strong encryption claims by FBI's Comey
FBI Director James Comey clearly laid out his views on strong encryption and urged more conversation, but experts say his arguments fall flat and may even be misleading.
- March 24, 2017
24 Mar'17
Encryption debate needs to be nuanced, FBI's Comey says
FBI Director James Comey brought the encryption debate back to the forefront by asking for a 'nuanced and thoughtful' conversation on the topic before there is a serious attack.
- February 16, 2017
16 Feb'17
Experts debate national cybersecurity policy suggestions at RSAC 2017
Experts at RSAC 2017 discussed national cybersecurity policy suggestions for the new presidential administration, including what to do about encryption and the DHS mission.
- December 20, 2016
20 Dec'16
Google Project Wycheproof offers testing suite for crypto libraries
Google offers developers a new tool, Project Wycheproof, to strengthen crypto libraries with a testing suite to check libraries for known weaknesses.
- October 13, 2016
13 Oct'16
Researchers demonstrate undetectable encryption backdoor in crypto keys
Academic researchers show how to place undetectable encryption backdoors in cryptographic keys and passively decrypt data, which could undermine confidence in certain algorithms.