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Audit of Signal Protocol Finds it Secure and Trustworthy

A group of academic security researchers has reviewed the security of the Signal protocol, which is used in the Signal encrypted messaging app as well as in many third-party apps, and found that it is both secure and resistant to attack. The review, conducted by researchers from universities in the U.K., Canada, and Australia, looked at […]

Google Fixes Dozens of Bugs in November Android Patch

Google’s November update for Android includes patches for more than a dozen critical vulnerabilities, several of which are in the kernel. The monthly update also includes fixes for a number of remote code execution flaws. One of the critical vulnerabilities is an issue with the Qualcomm cryptographic driver that could lead to code execution. “A […]

On the Wire Podcast: Avi Rubin

The news has been full of headlines for weeks about election fraud, voting machine hacking, and all kinds of other scary sounding stuff. Much of the coverage has been hyperbolic to say the least, so we decided to get some clear-headed, rational thoughts on the topic from Avi Rubin. Avi is a professor at Johns […]

Tesco Bank Halts Online Payments After Attack

A day after thousands of customers noticed money missing from their accounts with no explanation, Tesco Bank in the U.K. has halted all online payments from customer accounts as it struggles to contain and find the root cause of the incident. Bank officials on Monday said that they were aware of the missing money, which […]

Android Patch Released to Stop Ultrasonic Tracking

The researchers who exposed the ways in which ultrasonic signals can be used to track users across devices have released a patch for Android that helps users protect themselves against the silent tracking. The patch is designed to give users more control of which apps on their devices have access to the ultrasonic spectrum, which […]

Mirai Botnet Attacks on Liberia Drop Off

The attacks from the Mirai botnet against targets in the country of Liberia that have been ongoing for several days have now stopped, at least for the time being. For more than a week, attackers have been throwing short, but highly potent DDoS floods of various types against a number of sites in the small […]

More Than Half of All Pages on Chrome Loaded Over HTTPS

After years of encouraging site owners to transition to HTTPS by default, Google officials say that the effort has begun to pay off. The company’s data now shows that more than half of all pages loaded by Chrome on desktop platforms are served over HTTPS. Google has been among the louder advocates for the increased […]

Attackers Using Mirai Botnet to Target Liberia’s Internet Connection

One of the pieces of the fragmented Mirai botnet is using its massive capacity to attack telecom providers in the small African country of Liberia and the attacks are strong enough to cause intermittent loss of connectivity inside the country, researchers say. The attacks against Liberia have been going on for at least week and […]

Political Robocalls Focus on Florida as Election Nears

As election day draws closer, both the Trump and Clinton campaigns have been increasing their robocall efforts as they try to sway voters in key states, especially Florida. The vast majority of calls mentioning either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton have been made to numbers in Florida in the last month, as both candidates work […]