The Investigatory Powers Bill (IP Bill for short) goes by another name, the Snooper Charter. The bill is aimed to help extend and update the government’s legislation ...
January 8, 2016 at 10:30 am by Gareth Andrews
Silicon Power’s newest flash drive is designed for those users who need just a little extra security and in this case that little bit isn’t even that little. The ...
December 30, 2015 at 10:50 am by Bohs Hansen
While the debate on the topic rages on in the West, China now has joined Kazakhstan in the club of nations that have compromised the encryption of their citizens’ data ...
December 28, 2015 at 9:45 am by Alexander Neil
Encrypted communication tools and software have seen a steady rise since the many surveillance revelations that were exposed by whistleblowers, such as Edward Snowdon. The ...
December 17, 2015 at 9:13 am by Christopher Files
When you connect to websites you sometimes find yourselves on a secure site, this means that the communications between your computer and the website are encrypted. One of ...
December 11, 2015 at 10:00 am by Gareth Andrews
While those of us in the UK worry about risks to our internet security posed by the Snooper’s Charter and the calls for removing or weakening encryption in the wake of ...
December 7, 2015 at 4:00 pm by Alexander Neil
In the wake of the tragic and devastating attacks in Paris last week, many questioned why the authorities were unable to predict and stop the attacks. In fact, despite the ...
November 17, 2015 at 9:45 am by Samuel Wan
In recent years, Google has been working hard to improve privacy and security on their services, with the majority of emails sent and received on Gmail now being encrypted. ...
November 14, 2015 at 9:12 pm by Alexander Neil
The Onion Network (or Tor), a free browser designed to allow anonymous, encrypted internet communication, has been the bane of law enforcement and intelligence agencies since ...
November 12, 2015 at 5:43 pm by Ashley Allen
The TalkTalk cyberattack raised serious security questions about the company’s ability to properly encrypt sensitive customer information. Despite the negative publicity ...
November 11, 2015 at 10:00 pm by John Williamson
Ransomware is a particularly nasty piece of malware that has become even more popular in recent years. Initially, malware was designed to just disrupt or damage a ...
November 10, 2015 at 6:00 am by Gareth Andrews
In recent years, technology has evolved in such a way that the law is often trying to catch up with the technology that comes out. In the last few months, technology companies ...
November 3, 2015 at 10:00 am by Gareth Andrews
Tensions are rising between device makers such as Apple and Google against law enforcement. It’s showing no signs whatsoever of slowing down either, you may remember ...
October 27, 2015 at 9:30 pm by Robert Ainsworth
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out against proposals for backdoors in encrypted systems for intelligence agencies to exploit. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live ...
October 20, 2015 at 11:00 pm by Ashley Allen
More and more we are being informed about digital security issues that affect us. From leaders like David Cameron stating he would remove encryption within the UK and even ...
October 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
