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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
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news
Our 12 tips for staying safe online this Christmas
How to focus on family, food and fun over Christmas, rather than dealing with a credit card crisis or a ransomware attack.
AT&T takes aim at scam callers
Imagine tech support scammers unable to ring through and threaten to chop you up like a stew ingredient when you resist installing malware.
Government’s “general and indiscriminate” data collection ruled unlawful
In a hard-hitting judgement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled the legislation unlawful by the norms of democratic society
Pow! Captain America and other Marvel heroes defeated by bad passwords
Our favorite Marvel heroes were no match for Twitter troublemakers OurMine
Sing a song of ransomware…
Sing this song and you could help someone, somewhere, take that one extra security precaution that saves their data over the festive season.