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Police iPhone decryption sees high demand, Apple makes them wait

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

It turns out that the security features on the iPhone are so robust, that police are unable to decrypt them in order to gain access to possibly crucial information on suspects' devices. This has led to federal agencies getting a hold of Apple in order to decrypt iPhones for them, but it turns out that so many devices are being requested for decryption, that Apple had to make a waiting list. Read The Full Story

Comcast to encrypt basic cable channels

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [10]

If you're a Comcast cable subscriber, be prepared for yet another television transition. Comcast has made official its plans to begin encrypting its basic cable channels. Comcast has begun notifying its customers in select markets that they will need to order a digital adapter if they want to continue to receive basic cable channels through Comcast. Read The Full Story

Apple’s iMessage encryption foils snooping, leaked DEA document reveals

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [3]

iMessage is a convenient way for iOS users to swap messages, and it seems that extends to those engaging in less-than-honest dealings, particularly of the drug variety in this case. The folks over at CNET got their hands on an internal Drug Enforcement Administration memo that details an investigation and the difficulty suspects who use Apple's messaging system pose. Read The Full Story

Saudi Arabia eyes ban on Skype, WhatsApp, Viber

, Apr 1st 2013 Discuss [7]

Back in 2010 the government in Saudi Arabia threatened to institute a ban against BlackBerry services for not complying with rules in the country have new do with the ability to monitor communications. BlackBerry was forced to work very hard to avoid being banned within Saudi Arabia. Officials in Saudi Arabia are now threatening to ban some major VoIP applications. Read The Full Story

Silent Circle launches Android app offering full call and text encryption

, Jan 23rd 2013 Discuss [2]

Data security is important to every mobile user, but some need a bit of extra encryption on top of normal security measures. For those users, Silent Circle has launched the Silent Phone app, which allows Android users to call and message each other with full encryption over talk and text. The app can be nabbed from the Google Play store, and requires a corresponding Silent Circle account. Read The Full Story

Dropbox drops the ball, leaves all encrypted user accounts open to any user with no password

, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Anyone that is in the tech world knows that there is often more than a little apprehension when an update to a service is announced or applied. Often things come off without a hitch, but every now and again an epic fail surfaces and the upgrade turns out to be more of a downgrade. Dropbox is a service that allows users to put files in for sharing that are encrypted and secure on the server and can only be accessed by people that have the user name and password. Read The Full Story

Samsung Promises Highest Possible Level of Protection against Data Loss with Self-Encrypted SSD

, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung's got a new Solid State Drive and they want you to take it for a spin. Samsung says it has the only Solid State Drive to feature Goverment-Grade AES 256-bit Encryption for the ultimate in security for your awesome files and such. This hardware encryption is always on, the data encryption and user authentication being performed "in the high security of the drive controller" instead of where it'd normally be stored, in the software. Software encryption works using the main CPU of the computer and stores info in the relatively insecure memory of the system, while SEDs (self-encrypting drives) encrypt at the speed of the interface making no impact on performance in the protected hardware of the SSD. Read The Full Story

Apricorn cranks Aegis Padlock HDD up to 750GB

, Oct 28th 2010 Discuss [2]

Apricorn has been offering its Aegis Padlock portable HDD for a while now. The drive is notable for the keypad on the front that secures the drive preventing access to the drive unless the correct PIN is typed in. The company has announced a new version of the drive that is the highest capacity encrypted HDD on the market. Read The Full Story

Kanguru whips out Defender Elite remotely manageable flash drive with hardware encryption

, Mar 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Data security is at the front of many minds in the business world. With the ease that data can be copied to and from portable devices today and the fact that these devices are easily lost or stolen means sensitive data has to be protected. Kanguru has a new flash drive that has achieved the FIPS 140-2 certification for data security called the Kanguru Defender Elite. Read The Full Story

KingCall microSD card encrypts voice and text for VoIP

, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

In December of 2009 we heard that the encryption used for GSM voice calls had been hacked. Mobile carriers have a more secure GSM algorithm they can use to secure calls and they maintain that carriers using the hacked GSM encryption are still more secure than we might think. If you are the sort that wants really secure communications GO-Trust has announced the KingCall microSD card. Read The Full Story

Onix International offers EncryptStick for Mac and Windows

, Feb 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

There are lots of people out there who have data on their computer that they don't want unauthorized people accessing. Whatever you need to keep safe from your collection of 80's music to personal information like medical records encryption is the way to go. Onix International has announced that the latest EncryptStick Version 4.1 flash drive is now available. Read The Full Story

Kingston debuts ultra-secure DataTraveler 5000 flash drive

, Jan 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Not too long ago Kingston had to recall some of its secure flash drives because a flaw was found in the encryption used that allowed the security protocols to be bypassed. Kingston wasn't the only flash drive maker that had to recall secure drives because of the flaw. Today Kingston has unveiled a new flash drive that uses hardware approved by the DoD for the transportation of classified documents. Read The Full Story
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