Let’sEncrypt revoking SSL certs
SSL certificates are one essential key for proving
authenticity of an URL and also the encrypted data
transfer between client and server. But what happens
if an SSL certificate gets corrupted or misused?
SSL certificates are one essential key for proving
authenticity of an URL and also the encrypted data
transfer between client and server. But what happens
if an SSL certificate gets corrupted or misused?
It seems as if Facebook has finally recognized the
importance of data security. Facebook has announced
to take serious steps to improve data security by impro-
ving the encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp.
In Austria a team of four scientists have managed to
communicate with each other over a fully encrypted
channel using Quantum cryptography. This might be
the first step into the next-step secure communication
When Australia has passed the anti-encryption law, things couldn’t
be more worse for tech companies that sell products that warrant
one’s privacy. Apple and other technology companies have already
signalled opposition to the doubtful law. What will come next?
If you thought, a high tech car with a value of over
100’000 US$ cannot be stolen easily, then you’d better
not watch the following video. A team of the catholic
University Leuven in Belgium shows how.
US government demands from Facebook to
get access to the Messanger database and
the chats that are being done over the app.
Messenger is said to be secure by now.
WhatsApp had to deal again with security problems. While the older
versions didn’t encrypt the message traffic at all, the newer versions used
an AES algorythm to encrypt the messages when sent. Yet the security
was weak as the key is based on the device’s IMEI and thus can be hacked.
It seems as if WhatsApp Has also attracted the attention of hackers. An
Android App called WhatsApp Sniffer allows tapping of conversations
between users on the same network as the hacker is on with his device.
Google has already put down the App from the AppMarket.