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Source: H Security - Posted by Alex
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In addition to the crypto algorithm of the GSM mobile telephony standard, security researchers have also cracked the encryption code for calls from cordless phones that are based on the widely used Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) standard. This was announced by members of the deDECTed.org project group at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3) in Berlin on Tuesday. According to the researchers, the respective key used can be extracted from intercepted data traffic with a reasonable amount of effort. The experts think that such prep work will make the DECT Standard Cipher (DSC) "increasingly easier and faster to crack". |
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Source: ZDNet - Posted by Alex
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A German computer engineer said Monday that he had cracked the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s mobile phone calls.
In an attempt to expose holes in the security of global wireless systems, 28-year-old Karsten Nohl cracked the 21-year-old GSM algorithm, which is used to encrypt 80 percent of the world’s mobile calls, reports the New York Times. |
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Source: gHacks - Posted by Alex
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I work with secure shell all the time. Day in and day out I am administering personal machines and client machines with the help of ssh. After a while opening up a terminal window and entering the command to connect
to all of these clients gets old. And we all know saving time and effort equates to saving money. So any tool that can help make your daily administrative life easier is a good thing. |
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Posted by anthony
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We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
release: Version 2.0.14.
The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication
and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital
signatures, help authenticating using Secure Shell and to provide a
framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key
management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME
standards.
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by anthony
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Two-factor authentication -- used to protect online bank accounts with both a password and a computer-generated one-time passcode -- is supposed to be more secure than relying on a single password.
But Gartner Research VP Avivah Litan warns that cyber criminals have had success defeating two-factor authentication systems in Web browsing sessions using Trojan-based man-in-the-middle attacks. |
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Source: Information Week - Posted by Alex
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Two-factor authentication -- used to protect online bank accounts with both a password and a computer-generated one-time passcode -- is supposed to be more secure than relying on a single password.
But Gartner Research VP Avivah Litan warns that cyber criminals have had success defeating two-factor authentication systems in Web browsing sessions using Trojan-based man-in-the-middle attacks. |
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Source: Information Week - Posted by anthony
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Today, full-system encryption in software is feasible and practical. Here's how to get up and running using solutions from PGP, McAfee, Sophos, and open-source options TrueCrypt and DiskCryptor. There was a time, not all that long ago, when a fully-encrypted system disk was something only for people with money to burn. |
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Source: GNU Project - Posted by Alex
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Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building
blocks. It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not
provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough
understanding of applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt. |
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Source: LinuxSecurity IT - Posted by Alex
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Linux Security had the chance to talk with Eddy Nigg, founder of StartSSL, an “alternative” CA, by any meaning. Their business model is quite different then that of other well known CAs, with a pricing policy absolutely counter to current trends: once a customer verified its identity, any number of certificates can be obtained for free, payment is only required for those steps requiring human intervention (usually identification and release of EV certificates). |
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Source: eWeek - Posted by Alex
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Here is a nice overview of the security features on Linux and Windows, particularly focusing on the disk and system encryption functionality this time. How well do popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE stack up against Microsoft's new desktop flagship, Windows 7? eWEEK Labs identified 10 features new in Windows 7 and put them head-to-head with popular Linux distros to see how the platforms compete. Labs Analysts Jason Brooks and Andrew Garcia found that Version 7 makes big strides on the Windows front with its new features, but that Linux is competitive by most counts.
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