Cybersecurity
A Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
The technique uses popular sites as camouflage for banned ones.
Cybersecurity
Quantum Computing Could Make the Encryption Behind Every Internet Transaction Obsolete—Someday
Cryptographers aren’t just giving up, though.
Cybersecurity
Government Needs ‘Heavy Artillery’ for Cyberspace, DHS Chief Says
Plodding bureaucracy could leave government outgunned in cyberspace, Gen. John Kelly said in his first major address as secretary.
Cybersecurity
CIA director rips Assange, defends foreign surveillance
In his first public remarks as CIA director, Mike Pompeo defended the work of the agency -- and condemned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and former intel contractor Edward Snowden for undermining the CIA and national security.
Cybersecurity
The Founding Fathers Encrypted Secret Messages, Too
Centuries before cybersecurity, statesmen around the world communicated with their own elaborate codes and ciphers.
Cybersecurity
Encryption Won’t Stop Your Internet Provider From Spying on You
Data patterns alone can be enough to give away what video you’re watching on YouTube.
Digital Government
UK Officials Want to Fight Terrorism By Forcing WhatsApp to Release Users’ Messages
The UK home secretary on Sunday told the BBC it’s “completely unacceptable” that intelligence agencies can’t access WhatsApp messages.
Cybersecurity
What Trump's Skinny Budget Says About Cybersecurity
The budget proposal pledges cyber initiatives at the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department and to counter terrorists’ use of encryption.
Digital Government
Encrypted Messaging Apps Vex Lawmakers
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Democrats want an in-person briefing from the White House counsel on the staff’s use of encrypted apps and personal and professional Twitter accounts.
Cybersecurity
New York DA to Trump: Have Our Backs Against Cop-proof Encryption
New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance advocated a congressional ban on cop-proof encryption, but legislation never got off the ground.
Digital Government
The Risks of Sending Secret Messages in the White House
Communication apps with disappearing text could run afoul of presidential records laws—and might not be as secure as they seem.
Cybersecurity
Government Must Pick Between Bad Options in Encryption Debate
The government faces numerous bad choices in the encryption debate, but the worst is doing nothing at all, a think tank report concludes.
Modernization
How Feds Can Use Encrypted Apps—Without Breaking the Law
The use of encryption technologies to communicate with peers is undoubtedly safer than using traditional communications, but there are caveats for federal employees.
Cybersecurity
Undermining Encryption Not an Option, House Judiciary Chair Pledges
A bipartisan committee report that urged strong encryption will be the committee’s starting point this year, Rep. Bob Goodlatte said.
Cybersecurity
Can Trump mend fences with Silicon Valley?
The government needs to make nice with the commercial technology community over lingering mistrust stemming from revelations of surveillance and faulty encryption standards, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
The Encryption Wars Will Return One Way or Another
House Homeland aide predicts another encryption standoff, urges tackling the issue before there’s a crisis.
Modernization
The Guardian Slammed WhatsApp for 'Security Backdoor'— It’s Actually Just Standards Encryption
WhatsApp is often used by activists and dissidents in countries whose governments attempt to block messaging as a means of suppressing criticism and discouraging protests.
Cybersecurity
Pompeo Pledges to Give Trump the Straight Dope on Cyber Threats
The CIA nominee expressed high confidence in the intelligence community’s conclusions about Russian hacking.
Cybersecurity
Get Silicon Valley Execs Out of Government Cyber, Major Report Urges
The Trump administration should also take a harder line on encryption and renegotiate a major cybercrime convention, according to the report from lawmakers and cyber experts.
Cybersecurity