More Mac ransomware – no smirking from the Windows tent, please!

Bang! SHA-1 collides at 38762cf7f55934b34d179ae6a4c80cadccbb7f0a
Remember how experts have been saying, “Drop SHA-1” for years and years? Now they’re saying, “Told you so.”

News in brief: Concern about Windows 10; Hacks cost Yahoo; PHP gets better crypto
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News in brief: Fancy Bear ‘attacked TV network’; Lavabit comes back to life; museum does geek history
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News in brief: cookie monster slain; FBI disclosure on shooter’s iPhone; Mayer to step down
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Congressional Group Says Encryption Backdoors Are a Bad Idea
Members of the bipartisan encryption working group released a year-end report concluding that encryption backdoor laws would do more harm than good.

Siemens Patches Insufficient Entropy Vulnerability in ICS Systems
German industrial giant Siemens has provided a firmware update addressing software vulnerabilities that are found in a popular line of its Desigo PX industrial control hardware.

NIST Calls for Submissions to Secure Data Against Quantum Computing
NIST has made a public plea for submissions for new crypto algorithms that can stand up against quantum computing and protect data.

News in brief: crackdown on drones; Egypt blocks Signal; Nook 7 warning
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News in brief: Obama warns Putin on hacking; China to return US drone; lynda.com hacked
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