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encryptionSafe Internet Messaging: Is it Fiction?
Today, regular instant messengers are hard to trust when it comes to privacy. There are, of course, safer alternatives, but are they able to substitute Skype and WhatsApp?
What Lesson Heartbleed Teaches Us
We put too much trust in the Internet. And we need to understand that security products and solutions should compliment a secure mindset.
cryptoA Week in the News: Heartbleed and Windows XP
Headlines dominated by just two stories this week: a seriously widespread crypto bug known as Heartbleed and Microsoft’s end of security support for Windows XP
The Wonders of Hashing
Cryptographic hash functions are a ubiquitous tool in computing, used for everything from identity verification to malware detection to file protection.
account security“Heartbleed” Vulnerability may compromise your security on thousands of sites
There is a serious flaw called Heartbleed in OpenSSL encryption library that could expose user login credentials, communications content, an more
data protectionNo hotbed for cybercriminals: preventing valuable data leaks
The Problem At present, even very small companies store information that could cause irreparable damage to their financial future if it fell into the wrong hands. An example of this
Who’s Using Encryption? Who’s Not?
Strongly encrypted communications are secure and private communications (as long as there is no monkey-business going on in the way the encryption is implemented into communications software or protocols). Therefore,
Quantum Computers And The End Of Security
Nowadays, quantum systems really do exist, with some of them reaching the stage of commercial sales. Quantum computers raise and answer new questions in the security field.
Send Gmails That Not Even Google Can Read
Google provides some pretty strong security controls like two-factor authentication in order to prevent hackers from hijacking your account and other controls that allow you to recover your account in
data securityReasons to Encrypt Your Data
Computers, initially created for military cipher breaking, give everyone an almost perfect way to keep our secrets totally private – through encryption. For a long time strong encryption was only
Digital Certificates and ‘HTTPS’
If we really wanted to thoroughly discuss ‘HTTPS’ and Digital Certificates, then we’d need to talk about cryptography, but don’t worry, because we’re going to go ahead and spare you
Encryption: For authorized users only
The first encryption methods appeared almost immediately after the emergence of writing. Ancient masters of cryptography deliberately missed out letters or substituted them with other symbols in their messages to