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Cybersecurity

TLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End Censorship

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Derek Zimmer

A new standard for cryptography is on the horizon, called Transport Level Security 1.3 (TLS 1.3). TLS 1.3 is a major update to cryptography, and fundamentally changes how websites and…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

PMKID Dumping: WiFi Password Attacks are Easier Than Previously Thought

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by James Gallagher

It’s a little easier to attack some wireless networks than previously thought. That’s because Jens Steube, the developer of the popular password cracking tool hashcat, has found a new way…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Big Telecoms with Questionable Motives are Starting VPN Services

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Derek Zimmer

We are in a world where everyone is trying to get a hold of your information. Corporations and governments want to know what you're buying, what you're saying, and essentially…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN

Dedicated first responder network raises privacy, transparency and net neutrality issues

Updated on Nov 18, 2020 by Glyn Moody

Providing first responders such as the police, fire services and paramedics with the best available technology makes sense. Lives can be saved and disasters averted if action is taken as…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

When the threat is in your home: Online privacy, security and domestic violence

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Danica Sergison

As digital citizens, we often think about how to secure our internet activity and communications from external sources, including Internet Service Providers, governments, and malicious hackers.  For some, including journalists…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Why Gmail’s new “confidential mode” is not so great for privacy, and potentially awful for the open Web

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Gmail is used by well over a billion people worldwide, making it one of the most important online services. Google has recently started rolling out a new design that includes…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Performing Ethical Hacking Through a VPN Service for a Full Attack Simulation

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by James Gallagher

A major difficulty in defending against attackers and performing accurate attribution, lies in the fact that threat actors often route their traffic through the proverbial seven proxies. Defenders often spend…

Categories: Cybersecurity, VPN

The Internet Cannot be Trusted – Beamsplitters, Backdoors, and Broken Promises

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Derek Zimmer

We all know that the Internet is not a fundamentally safe place. With the tremendous gains in information sharing and the conveniences that the Internet brings, come opportunities for exploitation.…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

OpSec – Staying Private Under Surveillance

Updated on Oct 25, 2021 by Derek Zimmer

One of the biggest mistakes that people make while trying to operate  privately on the internet is giving up their information over side-channels. That is, they break operational security through…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

Reproducible Builds – Solving an Old Open Source Problem to Improve Security

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Derek Zimmer

One of the billion-dollar problems in the world of computers is getting software to act reliably. Fundamentally, when software misbehaves, it leads to flaws that can impact performance, reliability and…

Categories: Cybersecurity
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