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Tag: Encryption
Google to bring End-to-End email encryption to Chrome
End-to-End Chrome extension – Google’s extra layer of security in email transmissions!!
Google partners with Zix to tighten end-to-end encryption
Google has joined hands with Zix Corporation to launch Google Apps Message Encryption (GAME), specifically designed for the Google Apps infrastructure.
Obama crafts exception for NSA to exploit some security flaws claims new report
President Barack Obama has carved out a broad national security exception for the National Security Agency (NSA), claims the new report. President Obama has made a decision in January that the NSA,…
BlackBerry to release Heartbleed patch
Heartbleed, vulnerability in the encryption code, is now the heart of headlines for major web companies. It all started with Yahoo, followed by various other websites. BlackBerry has now joined the club,…
NSA secretly exploited Heartbleed claims new report, but agency denies
The National Security Agency (NSA) was well aware of the Heartbleed flaw and has been regularly exploiting it to gather critical intelligence for at least two years, anonymous sources familiar with the…
Heartbleed coder: Mistake was ‘trivial’ but effect is ‘clearly severe’
Heartbleed bug, the worst security flaw the internet has ever encountered, was introduced to the world on New Year’s Eve 2011. The man behind the so-called coding error has come forward, confessing…
Heartbleed bug turns into web’s security disaster
‘Heartbleed’ bug, the so-called security flaw in crucial encryption code, has made headlines this week as the most significant and dangerous vulnerability to ever hit the internet. According to security researchers, this…
Yahoo: Traffic moving between our data centres is fully encrypted
Yahoo has announced through a blog post that all the traffic between its data centres is now full encrypted, as a part of an ongoing project under which it intends to deploy…
Google brings always-on HTTPS to Gmail; claims 99.978% availability in 2013
Google has announced always-on HTTPS for Gmail to protect users’ email from snooping when they check, read and send email. “Starting today, Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you…
Twitter stops working on encrypted direct messages
Twitter has reportedly abandoned its encrypted direct messages project through which it aimed to make government surveillance more difficult. According to The Verge, the microblogging giant has stopped working on the project…
Web searches made in China will be encrypted says Google
As part of a global expansion of privacy technology campaign, online search giant, Google, has announced it will make users’ searches more private to push back against hackers and government surveillance. Making…
Edward Snowden urges for broader encryption use at SXSW
Edward Snowden, appearing on screen via Google Hangout routed through seven proxies from his current location in Moscow, Russia, was welcomed with applause at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) in…
Scammers with a conscience emerge with new Ransomcrypt Trojan
New ransomware that utilise encryption are being created almost daily since the success of Cryptolocker and in almost all cases there is no way out for the affected user: either pay or…
WhatsApp alternative Threema tops German App Store charts
Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition may have had a negative impact on the latter at least in Germany as within 24 hours of the acquisition announcement, Threema – a Swiss instant messaging app and…