With no agreement in the Senate over how to reauthorize the Patriot Act…
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Rand Paul commandeers U.S. Senate to protest so-called Patriot Act, government intrusion on Americans’ privacy
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday…
Apple, others urge Obama to reject any proposal for smartphone backdoors
The U.S. government should fully support and not undermine efforts to create encryption standards…
China halts implementation of banking-technology rules
China suspended bank-technology rules that drew protests from the U.S. government…
France seeks power to surveil domestic phone, internet data sans judicial oversight
France wants telecom and tech firms to inform on potential terrorists…
U.S. DOJ seeks to make it easier to locate and remotely hack into suspects’ computers
A Justice Department proposal that could make it easier to locate and hack…
‘FREAK’ OpenSSL vulnerability: What Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad users need to know
Security researchers have discovered a crippling OpenSSL vulnerability…
‘FREAK’ flaw undermines security for hundreds of thousands of supposedly secure Web sites, including Whitehouse.gov, NSA.gov and FBI.gov
Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw…
China drops Apple, others from approved state purchase lists
China’s change of tack coincided with leaks by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden…
Apple Pay wins consumers’ hearts with focus on security
Apple has a straightforward business model that does not include selling personal data…
Apple’s Tim Cook warns of ‘dire consequences’ of sacrificing privacy for security
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said that there should not…
Apple Pay is coming to U.S. government agencies in September
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Silicon Valley bearing gifts for Tim Cook…
White House cybersecurity ‘summit’ to draw Apple CEO Cook, other tech, Wall Street execs
Obama will convene top executives from Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and a number of other industries…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to speak at White House cybersecurity summit
Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the White House cybersecurity summit…
UK prime minister Cameron demands backdoors into messaging apps or he’ll ban them
Cameron said that if re-elected, he would seek to ban encrypted online messaging apps…
Researchers discover flaw that could let anyone listen to your cell calls, intercept text messages
German researchers have discovered security flaws that could let hackers, spies and criminals listen…
EFF ranks Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime as most secure mass-market messaging options
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has investigated the security of various messaging apps…
No, by safeguarding user’s privacy, Apple is not picking a fight with the U.S. or any other government
Apple is setting a precedent that users, and not companies, should hold the keys to their own devices…
Millions of Android devices vulnerable to ‘Heartbleed’ Bug
Millions of Google Android devices have the Heartbleed software bug…
Apple’s iOS, OS X don’t have Heartbleed bug but Android and BlackBerry’s BBM do
iOS and OS X users can breathe a sigh of relief with the knowledge…
Apple on ‘Heartbleed’ bug: iPhone, iPad, Mac and iCloud unaffected
Apple takes security very seriously. iOS and OS X never incorporated the vulnerable software…
What to do about Heartbleed, a gaping security hole affecting 66 percent of the Internet (at least)
There’s a security flaw in one of the basic encryption tools…
How secure is Apple’s iCloud?
Apple uses a minimum of 128-bit AES encryption…
5 Wi-Fi security myths you must abandon now
Wi-Fi has evolved over the years, and so have the techniques for securing…
Black-box testing reveals Apple can provide users’ iMessage or FaceTime conversations to NSA
Ever since the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program came to light…
Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up U.S. feds’ surveillance
Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents…
Apple programmer’s security blunder exposes OS X Lion login passwords in clear text
An Apple programmer, apparently by accident, left a debug flag…
13 ways to protect your data on iOS and Mac OS X
Apple’s two major operating systems—iOS and Mac OS X—power all of its most major products…
Russia’s ElcomSoft breaks iPhone iOS4 encryption, offers forensic access to file system dumps
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. enables enhanced and near-instant forensic access…
