Cisco warns of max severity Secure FMC flaws giving root access

Cisco has released security updates to patch two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software.
InfoQ

Cilium at Ten Years: Stronger Encryption, Safer Policies, and Clearer Visibility for Large Clusters

Cilium 1.19 has been released, marking ten years of development for the eBPF-based networking and security project. There isn’t a flagship feature in this release; instead, it focuses on security ...
9to5Mac

Lawsuit claims WhatsApp encryption is a lie; cryptography professor weighs in

Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true ...
Network World

Quantum computing is getting closer, but quantum-proof encryption remains elusive

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...
GitHub

Keymaster Password Manager for Windows

Keymaster is a password management application available for Windows that allows users to securely store and manage login credentials, passwords and associated user information. The program was ...
financefeeds

Javax Crypto Cipher Source Code Explained: What Happens Under the Hood

The Cipher class, central to the javax.crypto package, abstracts encryption/decryption through a provider-based architecture that delegates to pluggable CipherSpi implementations for ...
financefeeds

Javax-Krypto-Verschlüsselungscode erklärt: Was passiert unter der Haube?

The Cipher class, central to the javax.crypto package, abstracts encryption/decryption through a provider-based architecture that delegates to pluggable CipherSpi implementations for ...
IEEE

Java Cryptography Architecture and Security of Electronic Commerce

Abstract: In this paper, the security of electronic commerce and the security methods are introduced firstly. Then, the history of Java security architecture and its design principles are described.
Homeland Security Today

Department of War Prepares for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration

The U.S. Department of War (DoW) has announced plans to transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to safeguard its systems against the risks posed by quantum computing. A new memorandum outlines ...
CNET

You’ll Be Glad Your VPN Has Post-Quantum Encryption, Even if You Don’t Need It Now. Here’s Why

Krishi specializes in making complex tech topics, like VPNs, cybersecurity, and online privacy, clear and accessible. With 5+ years of writing experience, his work appears in outlets such as TechRadar ...
Bleeping Computer

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...