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WhatsApp is still secure and isn’t vulnerable to a ‘backdoor’

January 20, 2017

The Guardian very erroneously ran a piece yesterday that called to attention a vulnerability in WhatsApp and the public-key cryptographic methods that it makes use of. It caused a bit of a panic, saying rather ... Read More...

Mobile malware is on the rise, but here are some tips to keep you secure

Jeff Williams

September 27, 2016

Articles

Mobile devices are being increasingly targeted as they become one of the primary ways in which we interact with the world and Internet at large and thus the proliferation of mobile malware is on the rise as wel... Read More...

How to add encryption to your email, the cool way

Jeff Williams

July 27, 2016

Editorials, IT/Enterprise

Security is a b*tch isn’t it? Privacy is a big issues in the modern age, not just because certain high-profile issues have brought it to the forefront, but because we’re ultimately a very private species when ... Read More...

Some developers keep leaving secret keys to important data out in the open

Jeff Williams

May 11, 2016

IT/Enterprise, News

There seems to be quite the disturbing trend in development, in general. That of publishing encryption credentials, or the secret keys in an asymmetric encryption scheme, out in the open with their source code ... Read More...

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WhatsApp is still secure and isn’t vulnerable to a ‘backdoor’

Mobile malware is on the rise, but here are some tips to keep you secure

How to add encryption to your email, the cool way

Some developers keep leaving secret keys to important data out in the open