The Turing Phone Is Built to Be Unhackable and Unbreakable

“The Turing Phone is a 5.5-inch smartphone, running Android 5.1, but it’s like nothing you’ve seen before. The phone is designed with security very much in mind. End-to-end encryption is built into most of the core apps on the phone. It even has a ‘Turing coin’ inside, a cryptocurrency Chao hopes will catch on—if he does, he laughs, your phone could literally appreciate in value after you buy it. It’s all activated through a fingerprint reader on the side of the phone, and is made to keep servers and third parties out of your business as much as possible. In short: The Turing Phone is meant to be completely and utterly unhackable.  Unbreakable, too. It’s made of a material called liquidmorphium.”

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/turing-robotics-phone/

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FBI Director Comey is a Maniac

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“When the successor to the chair of J. Edgar Hoover feels he must reassure the nation that he is not a maniac, we have strong evidence that he is probably a maniac. FBI Director James Comey may be a fine family man but he also wishes to ‘keep people safe’ in ways that are inconsistent with their personal liberty. Director Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates went to Capitol Hill this week to tell senators about the horrible danger posed by encrypted communications.  But the federal government has already proven it can’t protect the private information of its own employees and the topmost secrets of the National Security Agency.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/36405/FBI-Director-Comey-is-a-Maniac/

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UK home secretary warns Yahoo over its move to Dublin [2014]

“The move to make Dublin the centre of its headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) was announced last month.  The firm has been horrified by some of the surveillance programmes revealed by Snowden and is understood to be relieved that it will be beyond the immediate reach of UK surveillance laws.  Following the Guardian’s disclosures about snooping on Yahoo webcams, the company said it was ‘committed to preserving our users trust and security and continue our efforts to expand encryption across all of our services.’ It said GCHQ’s activity was ‘completely unacceptable..we strongly call on the world’s governments to reform surveillance law.'”

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/20/theresa-may-yahoo-dublin-security-worry

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David Cameron’s proposed encryption ban would ‘destroy the internet’

“The Prime Minister first indicated that he would try and clamp down on secure communications that could not be decrypted by law enforcement even with a warrant back in January, in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris. His comments sparked an immediate flurry of condemnation from privacy and security activists, but his recent statements show he’s not backing down. (Number 10 has not responded to requests for clarification about Cameron’s comments.)  Business Insider reached out to Bruce Schneier to discuss the feasibility of Cameron’ proposed ban on ‘safe spaces’ online. Schneier didn’t hold back.”

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/bruce-schneier-david-cameron-proposed-encryption-ban-destroy-the-internet-2015-7

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PITA Side-Channel Attack Steals GPG Key from Laptops

“It’s unlikely that anyone envisioned the evolution of cryptographic key thievery to include leavened flatbread, but that’s where we’ve arrived.  Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel are expected in September to present a paper at the Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded System on the latest side-channel attack exposing crypto keys. The scientists—Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman, and Eran Tromer—have developed an inexpensive rig they say from close proximity steals GnuPG keys from a laptop. The setup, which they’ve called the Portable Instrument for Trace Acquisition (PITA), does indeed fit inside pita bread.”

https://threatpost.com/pita-side-channel-attack-steals-gpg-key-from-laptops/113447

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Author Behind Ransomware Tox Calls it Quits, Sells Platform

“The developer behind Tox, a ransomware-as-a-service tool that only surfaced late last month, acknowledged in a post on Pastebin Wednesday that despite his plan to stay ‘quiet and hidden,’ he’s quickly found himself over his head.  Now the malware author is looking to sell Tox but claims if no one buys it he’ll just release the keys and decrypt his victim’s files.  Tox is encouraging prospective buyers to contact him to purchase both source code and documentation for the ransomware, adding that he’ll entertain offers for the platform and virus together, or as a package deal, alongside an additional database and .onion private key.”

https://threatpost.com/author-behind-ransomware-tox-calls-it-quits-sells-platform/113151

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Privacy tools – encryption against global mass surveillance

“You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. privacytools.io provides knowledge and tools to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.”

https://www.privacytools.io/

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Are You Ready for the e-PATRIOT Act?

“Only a few days after the OPM hack, Senate leaders tacked on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) to a defense bill to avoid debate on the measure. It didn’t work – the Senate failed to advance the legislation.  It’s no wonder they didn’t want a debate. CISA provides liability protection for businesses that voluntarily share “cyberthreat” data with the government. But it also creates a back-door channel for government agencies to retrieve, analyze, and store enormous volumes of personal data. And since information sharing would be voluntary, the government would be able to obtain all of this information without a warrant. Think of it as an ‘e-PATRIOT Act.'”

http://www.nestmann.com/are-you-ready-for-the-patriot-act

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Default SSH Key Found in Many Cisco Security Appliances

“Many Cisco security appliances contain default, authorized SSH keys that can allow an attacker to connect to an appliance and take almost any action he chooses. The company said that all of its Web Security Virtual Appliances, Email Security Virtual Appliances, and Content Security Management Virtual Appliances are affected by the vulnerability.  This bug is about as serious as they come for enterprises. An attacker who is able to discover the default SSH key would have virtually free rein on vulnerable boxes, which, given Cisco’s market share and presence in the enterprise worldwide, is likely a high number. The default key apparently was inserted into the software for support reasons.”

https://threatpost.com/default-ssh-key-found-in-many-cisco-security-appliances/113480

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Insanity on the Thames

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“UK Prime Minister David Cameron is a seriously deluded man. First, he apparently believes Facebook and Twitter users currently have ‘absolute privacy’ in their communications. That is nonsense. Second, Cameron believes this nonexistent absolute privacy is unsustainable and intolerable. He wants to destroy it as soon as possible. This is necessary, Cameron told Parliament, because tolerating such privacy would ‘leave a safe space’ for terrorists to communicate with each other. Contrary to Mr. Cameron’s assurance, Britain certainly is trying to ‘search through everybody’s emails and invade their privacy.’ The U.S. government is doing the same.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/36397/Insanity-on-the-Thames/

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