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New OpenSSL flaw could leave some Android users open to decryption attack
2014-06-05 19:29:16| Wireless - Topix.net
While not as severe as April's heart-stopping Heartbleed vulnerability, this flaw could for example allow people operating fake Wi-Fi hotspots to intercept, decrypt and manipulate supposedly secure traffic being passed between a user and a web service.
Mistake in CryptoDefense ransomware leaves decryption key accessible
2014-04-01 14:04:09| InfoWorld: Top News
A malicious software program that encrypts a person's files until a ransom is paid has a crucial error: it leaves the decryption key on the victim's computer. Symantec analyzed a program called CryptoDefense, which appeared late last month. It's one of an extensive family of malware programs that scramble a person's files until a pricey ransom is paid, a long-running but still profitable scam.
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Need Apple's Decryption Expertise? Get In Line
2013-05-10 21:34:12| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tried for months to get Apple to help it decrypt an iPhone 4S that had been seized as part of a drug- and gun-related arrest.
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