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Comodo, DigiNotar Attacks Expose Crumbling Foundation of CA System

Comodo, DigiNotar Attacks Expose Crumbling Foundation of CA System There are a lot of things in the security world that are broken and there isn’t room to list them all, even on the Internet. But if the events of the … Continue reading

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One More CA Down!!!!!!

One More CA Down!!!!!! The disturbingly complete compromise of DigiNotar, the Dutch certificate authority, has broad ramifications for other CAs, enterprises and consumers who rely on the shaky web of trust that comprises the CA system. Here’s what you should … Continue reading

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Researchers Propose New Steganography System for Hiding Data

Researchers Propose New Steganography System for Hiding Data A group of researchers has developed a new application that can hide sensitive data on a hard drive without encrypting it or leaving any obvious signs that the data is present. The … Continue reading

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SIM cards new national security risk, warns MHA

SIM cards new national security risk, warns MHA Did you ever imagine that your innocent looking mobile SIM card could be a major threat to national security? It now turns out that many of the SIM cards being used by … Continue reading

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Weaponised malware – how criminals could use digital certificates to cripple organizations

Weaponised malware – how criminals could use digital certificates to cripple organizations In many companies digital certificates are an unquantified and unmanaged risk, says Jeff Hudson. The recent cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear facility using the Stuxnet virus should … Continue reading

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Qatar eTransaction Law

Further to my earlier post “eTransaction Law passed in Qatar”, Please find below the unofficial English translation of the law, from the the Peninsula newspaper in Qatar. E-Commerce and E-Transactions Act His Highness the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad … Continue reading

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Reverse engineer extracts Skype crypto secret recipe

Reverse engineer extracts Skype crypto secret recipe By John Leyden Cryptoanalysts have published what they claim is the secret recipe behind a Skype encryption algorithm. A group of code breakers led by Sean O’Neil reckon they have successfully reverse engineered … Continue reading

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Germany bans BlackBerrys and iPhones on snooping fears

Germany bans BlackBerrys and iPhones on snooping fears Closed proprietary system not safe for gov…. Thats some interesting news…. remains to be seen how the US state department reacts to this one….. The German government has advised ministers not to … Continue reading

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eTransaction Law passed in Qatar

eTransaction Law passed in Qatar</strong> HH the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has issued a decree to enact a law for regulating online trade and business transactions. Covering various aspects of e-commerce, the four-part decree … Continue reading

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Govt claims to have cracked BlackBerry code, finds a way to access corp emails

Govt claims to have cracked BlackBerry code, finds a way to access corp emails The communications ministry has suggested a formula by which security agencies can get access to corporate email on Blackberry devices, hoping to settle the last unresolved … Continue reading

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