High stakes poker site hacked   

High stakes poker site hacked

Hacker grabs usernames, passwords.
Australia on 'surveillance' list 

Australia on 'surveillance' list

Losing the censorship war.
Encrypted data possibly stolen in Valve hack 

Encrypted data possibly stolen in Valve hack

Hacked database contained 35 million user records.
US Court forces user to decrypt device 

US Court forces user to decrypt device

Requirement can already be imposed on Australian citizens.
Stratfor admits stolen credit cards were unencrypted 

Stratfor admits stolen credit cards were unencrypted

But CEO says "the attempt to silence us failed".
Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data  

Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data

Reports say credit card numbers were transmitted in clear text.
The Sea Shepherd's cyberwar 

The Sea Shepherd's cyberwar

Tasmanian techie spreads security.
US firm robbed of 4.2 million health records 

US firm robbed of 4.2 million health records

Names, medical procedures, among unencrypted records.
Secret defence documents lost to foreign intelligence 

Secret defence documents lost to foreign intelligence

Encrypted USB stick lost at airport.
Dutch secret service ticks IronKey 

Dutch secret service ticks IronKey

USB storage approved.
Child abuse tip-offs sent unencrypted 

Child abuse tip-offs sent unencrypted

British police website endangered citizen information for "several months".
India still eyeing Google, Skype intercepts  

India still eyeing Google, Skype intercepts

Targets terrorists amid new attack.
Morgan Stanley loses 34k customer records on unencrypted CDs 

Morgan Stanley loses 34k customer records on unencrypted CDs

Data should have been encrypted by default.
Dell offers file-based USB encryption  

Dell offers file-based USB encryption

But does not yet work for smart-phones or tablets
Security bungle exposes 450 NZ Labor supporters 

Security bungle exposes 450 NZ Labor supporters

Backups, passwords exposed on public servers.
Analysis: Can encryption bring banks to the cloud? 

Analysis: Can encryption bring banks to the cloud?

Regulation might drive the finance sector to lead cloud adoption.
Aust IT managers shun encryption: report 

Aust IT managers shun encryption: report

But those that use encryption, like it.
Skype buy heralds wiretaps, Linux death 

Skype buy heralds wiretaps, Linux death

And will the buy be the death of cross-platform video conferencing?
Sony: PSN credit card details were encrypted  

Sony: PSN credit card details were encrypted

Passwords still a gold mine, says former black hat.
Toshiba launches self-encrypting hard drives 

Toshiba launches self-encrypting hard drives

The Japanese tech giant introduces the world's first series of self-encrypting drives.
Google bolsters Apps Android admin security 

Google bolsters Apps Android admin security

Encryption, remote password change
Google bolsters Apps Android admin security 

Google bolsters Apps Android admin security

Encryption, remote password change
Symantec adds encryption specialisation 

Symantec adds encryption specialisation

Partner program refresh comes into effect next month.
Twitter introduces secure HTTP 

Twitter introduces secure HTTP

Following Google.
Businesses ‘plagued’ by missing encryption keys 

Businesses ‘plagued’ by missing encryption keys

Afflicts digital certificates, too.
RIM awaits privacy ruling in India 

RIM awaits privacy ruling in India

Memos at 20 paces.
Google Android exposes credentials to plain sight 

Google Android exposes credentials to plain sight

Packet sniffer reveals what is really going on in the smartphone.
Cloud encryption service introduced by ThinkGrid 

Cloud encryption service introduced by ThinkGrid

ThinkGrid's encryption service based on Cryptzone leak prevention technology.
Facebook offers HTTPS encryption 

Facebook offers HTTPS encryption

Sacrifices some of its apps.
Google facing encryption battle in India 

Google facing encryption battle in India

Security officials seek encryption details.
Symantec reveals its data encryption plans 

Symantec reveals its data encryption plans

Fleshes out product strategy after shopping spree.
A-G: Filter won't drive users to encryption 

A-G: Filter won't drive users to encryption

Attorney General's Dept backs Conroy's filter plan.
Westfield customer details exposed in data breach 

Westfield customer details exposed in data breach

Notifies Bondi customers in show of good faith.
Hacker claims to have found Skype hole 

Hacker claims to have found Skype hole

Encryption processes may have been compromised.
Geolocation to strengthen quantum security 

Geolocation to strengthen quantum security

Deliver to one address only.
Symantec buys PGP and GuardianEdge 

Symantec buys PGP and GuardianEdge

Rounds out encryption capabilities.
Wikileaks cracks encryption on journalist murder video 

Wikileaks cracks encryption on journalist murder video

Video said to show US military helicopter killing Reuters journalist in Iraq.
RSA 2010: Encryption and anti-virus are failing, warn experts 

RSA 2010: Encryption and anti-virus are failing, warn experts

Traditional approaches growing increasingly useless.
Businesses fail to secure remote workers 

Businesses fail to secure remote workers

Great majority are unprotected.
Encryption protecting most mobile phones cracked  

Encryption protecting most mobile phones cracked

Crack can be done with widely available open-source tools.
IT security teams cautious over cloud 

IT security teams cautious over cloud

Thales survey highlights lingering concerns.
Google Wave secured with 'crypto fairy dust' 

Google Wave secured with 'crypto fairy dust'

Wave goodbye to email spoofing.
Researchers crack WPA encryption in 60 seconds 

Researchers crack WPA encryption in 60 seconds

Newer WPA2 devices safe... for now.
Hosted consumer email encryption product introduced by Marshal8e6 

Hosted consumer email encryption product introduced by Marshal8e6

Marshal8e6 has introduced a new consumer email encryption product.
Email structure not properly managed 

Email structure not properly managed

Companies should assess their needs for encryption before distributing it across all of their staff.
Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage 

Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

People considering storage should look to encryption to ensure that what they store is secure.
Companies still failing to encrypt hardware 

Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

Ninety per cent of laptop drives that are sent for data retrieval are not encrypted, according to a new survey.
Sun fights storage encryption battle against HP, IBM, RSA 

Sun fights storage encryption battle against HP, IBM, RSA

Sun Microsystems has unveiled its new data encryption key management technology and sent it to the open-source community, thereby challenging a separate industry effort for ...
Encryption key management solution launched by coalition of seven companies 

Encryption key management solution launched by coalition of seven companies

Seven organisations have joined to launch an interoperability specification for encryption key management.
ASIC encrypts hardware with Senetas 

ASIC encrypts hardware with Senetas

Only a month into 2009 and Senetas has won a new contract with a Government agency through its local reseller.
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