A 14-year-old Tasmanian boy cracks four levels of code imprinted on a commemorative 50-cent coin in "just over an hour" after it was released by the nation's foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency — and the spy boss says she wants to meet him so she can "recruit him".

Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin sent a letter to colleagues in Massachusetts with a secret message: an encryption key to unlock a text file of L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The twist: The encryption key was hidden in a special ink laced with polymers, They described their work in a recent paper published in the journal ACS Central Science.

The boss of WhatsApp says it will not "lower the security" of its messenger service. If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be "very foolish" to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC. Government plans to detect child sex-abuse images include the possible scanning of private messages.

How did a Usenet troll and encryption genius become a criminal mastermind? For a man who built an empire in pixels, Paul Le Roux seemed like a digital phantom. After his name surfaced in the press in late 2014, I spent the better part of a year trying to understand him through the same means by which he’d directed his massive pharmacy business: the Internet. Late at night, I would open my laptop and plunge into an online wormhole, searching for clues about who Le Roux had been and what he became.

Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit.

A recently discovered FBI training document shows that US law enforcement can gain limited access to the content of encrypted messages from secure messaging services like iMessage, Line, and WhatsApp, but not to messages sent via Signal, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WeChat, or Wickr.

After the Facebook outage took WhatsApp down earlier this week, there's been a renewed interest in decentralised and secure alternatives. Telegram was one of the biggest gainers during Facebook's outage, but there are options that are completely decentralised and private, built using Blockchain-like technology that powers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Alongside iOS 15, Apple introduced an iCloud+ service that adds new features to its paid ‌‌iCloud‌‌ plans. One of these features is ‌‌iCloud‌‌ Private Relay, which is designed to encrypt all of the traffic leaving your device so no one can intercept it or read it.

Facebook’s plans to allow encrypted messaging across all its platforms could prevent the detection of up to 20m child abuse images every year, a senior investigating officer has claimed.

Facebook has confirmed to me that all WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, and that a ProPublica report is based on an apparent misunderstanding. The report said that Facebook moderators were able to ‘examine users messages, images and videos.’ However, this is in fact possible only in one circumstance: when a message is reported …

America's National Security Agency has published an FAQ about quantum cryptography, saying it does not know "when or even if" a quantum computer will ever exist to "exploit" public-key cryptography. In the document, titled Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography, the NSA said it "has to produce requirements today for systems that will be used for many decades in the future."

Apple has announced impending changes to its operating systems that include new “protections for children” features in iCloud and iMessage. If you’ve spent any time following the Crypto Wars, you know what this means: Apple is planning to build a backdoor into its data storage system and its...

Google Chrome will no longer show whether a site you are visiting is secure and only show when you visit an insecure website. For years, Google has been making a concerted effort to push websites into using HTTPS to provide a more secure browsing experience.

If you’ve been using Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM) on your iPhone for a while, you may need to generate some new passwords. A security researcher has discovered two flaws that could result in an attacker having to try as few as 100 passwords to find yours …

Apple has announced a raft of new privacy protections at its annual software developer conference. They include a function called "private relay", where users' web browsing behaviour can be hidden from Apple, internet providers and advertisers. Apple has been under pressure to cut down on the tracking of user data.

Want to target bigger messaging services, 'criminal marketplaces'.

Internet Australia welcomes the release of the first in-depth economic study into the likely detrimental impact of TOLA (Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018,

Well, someone finally said the quiet part loud: some government officials actually believe the only people who need, want, or use encryption are criminals. Here's Asha Barbaschow with the "encryption is for criminals" news at...

A mobile carrier allowed anyone with one of its customers phone numbers to access their personal information, including name, address, phone number, and text and call history, according to a report by Ars Technica. The carrier, Q Link Wireless, claimed to have over two million customers in 2019.

In this article, we’ll talk about how you can protect yourself and your email account by following email security best practices.