Egypt has blocked its residents from accessing encrypted messaging app Signal, according to the application’s developer. Mada Masr, an Egypt-based media organization, reported yesterday that several users took to Twitter over the weekend to report that they could no longer send or receive messages while on Egyptian IP addresses. Open Whisper Systems, the team behind Read more about Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal[…]
These guys have had a poke around some publically available firmwares and describe how it works Source: IOActive Labs Research: In Flight Hacking System
We’re excited to announce the release of Project Wycheproof, a set of security tests that check cryptographic software libraries for known weaknesses. We’ve developed over 80 test cases which have uncovered more than 40 security bugs (some tests or bugs are not open sourced today, as they are being fixed by vendors). For example, we Read more about Google releases crypto library checker tools[…]