Perhaps the call to deprecate the SHA-1 standard in 2017 in major web browsers seems belated and this event has to be accelerated. Link: Submission: The first successful collision attack on the SHA-1 hashing algorithm
The FBI posted an online advisory about vulnerabilities with new chip-enabled credit cards, but then removed the message on Friday, less than a day later, following concerns from U.S. bankers that back chip cards. Link: FBI takes down alert on chip credit cards after bankers complain
This announcement means that the federal government won’t force companies to build backdoor access into all of their services and devices, a measure that many intelligence agencies have been asking for. Link: White House won’t ask for encryption backdoor law – may seek ‘back window’ later
ou are not safe. The security agencies spread all across the world have a wide range of tools that could be used to hack your smartphones with just a single text message– this was said by Edward Snowden, recently in an interview. Link: Edward Snowden: “Smartphones Can Be Easily Hacked With Just 1 Text Message”
WhatsApp has come out worst in the Electronic Freedom Foundation’s (EEF) annual ‘Who’s Got Your Back?’ report, which looks at privacy concerns and government requests for data. The Facebook-owned messaging app is the only company or service in the study to receive a one-star rating. Link: WhatsApp flunks the EFF’s annual data privacy test while …
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