International Sting Operation Cracks Down Encryption Criminal Groups – E Hacking News
In an international sting operation targeting drug suppliers led to an arrest of a man. The suspect’s face was blurred by the Australian Federal...
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AFP used controversial encryption laws in its ‘most significant operation in policing history’
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw addresses media following mass raids against organised crime across Australia. Image: Getty Images The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has made...
The first users got SIM cards with Russian encryption – E Hacking News
Voentelecom has started implementing SIM cards that should create a “trusted environment” on smartphones. The transition to such SIM cards may become mandatory for...
Babuk Quits Ransomware Encryption, Focuses on Data-Theft Extortion – E Hacking News
The Babuk ransomware group has decided to close the affiliate program and switch to an extortion model that does not rely on encrypting...
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Mamba Ransomware Leverages DiskCryptor for Encryption, FBI Warns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week published an alert to warn of the fact that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor...
Australian law enforcement used encryption laws 11 times last year
Australia’s contentious encryption laws were used 11 times between 1 July 2019 and June 30 2020, by three of the nation’s law enforcement bodies. Revealed in...
Intel joins DARPA in search of encryption ‘holy grail’
Intel has signed an agreement with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to take part in its Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program,...
Google Discloses Severe Bug in Libgcrypt Encryption Library—Impacting Many Projects
A “severe” vulnerability in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption software could have allowed an attacker to write arbitrary data to the target machine,...
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Encrypted Services Providers Concerned About EU Proposal for Encryption Backdoors
European encrypted services providers ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota on Thursday urged European Union policy makers to rethink plans that would require the implementation...
New side-channel attack can recover encryption keys from Google Titan security keys
A duo of French security researchers has discovered a vulnerability impacting chips used inside Google Titan and YubiKey hardware security keys. The vulnerability allows...