Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies.

You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. However, that was just one battle in a much larger fight.

Now, in an effort to make its iPhone surveillance-and-hack

​DARPA Wants To Build Ultra Secure Messaging App for US Military

Just last month, DARPA launched a project dubbed "Improv," inviting hackers to transform simple household appliances into deadly weapons.

Now, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is finding someone in the private sector to develop a hacker-proof "secure messaging and transaction platform" for the U.S. military.

Darpa wants researchers to create a secure messaging and transaction

'Hacking Team' Loses License to Sell Surveillance Malware Outside Europe

Hacking Team – the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential data stolen last year – is facing another trouble. 



This time not from other hackers, but from its own government.



Hacking Team is infamous for selling surveillance spyware to governments and intelligence agencies worldwide, but now it may not be allowed to do so, as the Italian export

Hacking Team Offering Encryption Cracking Tools to Law Enforcement Agencies

Hacking Team, the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential information stolen earlier this year, has resumed its operations and started pitching new hacking tools to help US law enforcement gets around their encryption issues.



Yes, Hacking Team is back with a new set of Encryption Cracking Tools for government agencies as well as other customers to

THN Weekly Roundup — 11 Most Important Hacking News Stories

We are back with our last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges, just in case you missed any of them (ICYMI).



THN Weekly Round Up is The Hacker News efforts to help you provide all important stories of last week in one shot.



We recommend you read the full story (just click ‘Read More’ because there’s some valuable advice in there as well).



Here's the list:



1. Quantum

TrueCrypt Encryption Software Has Two Critical Flaws: It's time to Move On

If you are among thousands of privacy-conscious people who are still using ‘no longer available’ TrueCrypt Encryption Software, then you need to pay attention.



Two critical security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the most famous encryption tool, TrueCrypt, that could expose the user’s data to hackers if exploited.



TrueCrypt was audited earlier this by a team of Security

Web Encryption Protocol That Even Quantum Computers Can't Crack

Sometimes, instead of black and white we tend to look out, how a grey would look?



Yes, today we are going to discuss the ‘entangling’ or ‘superpositioning’ which is a power packed functionality of quantum computers. And simultaneously, how can they pose a threat when fully launched in the world.



Superposition is a state in which a system can be in multiple stages i.e. it can be ‘up’ and

Most Vulnerable Smart Cities to Cyber Attack on Internet of Things (IoT)

Imagine…




You drive to work in your Smart-Car connected to the GPS automatically, but a hacker breaks into your car's network, takes control of the steering wheel, crashes you into a tree, and BOOM!




Believe it or not, such Cyber Attacks on smart devices are becoming Reality.




Car Hacking was recently demonstrated by a pair of security researchers who controlled a Jeep Cherokee

How To Encrypt Your USB Drive to Protect Data

The USB flash drives or memory sticks are an excellent way to store and carry data and applications for access on any system you come across. With storage spaces already reaching 256 gigabytes, nowadays USB drives are often larger than past's hard drives.
Thanks to increased storage capacity and low prices, you can easily store all your personal data on a tiny, easy-to-carry, USB memory stick.