encryption

Apple and Google have revealed that they will enable encryption by default on your smartphones and tablets. It means neither company will know your smartphone's or tablet's passcode. And this has made FBI very much disappointed as the agency will not be able to get any peoples' data unless their data is stored in the cloud.

Although email is one of the most popular modes of communication on the web, email encryption isn't very prevalent. Google now hopes to change that by preparing a Chrome plug-in that can enable end-to-end email encryption.

WordPress.com is one of the most popular hosting platforms online. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has now identified a gaping vulnerability in WordPress.com which essentially allows anyone with basic hacking skills to access a WordPress account and hijack it for good.

RSA is one of the most prestigious encryption companies around the globe. A report from Reuters now reveals that NSA paid RSA a whopping $10 million to include backdoors in its products so that NSA could exploit them.

With every passing day, new and astonishing PC exploits are discovered. Scientists have, for instance, now revealed that the sounds made by a PC can be used to hack the personal details of its users.

The security of digital communications has increasingly become an important issue for internet users. To placate such concerns, Microsoft has now announced that it will be launching email encryption for Office 365 users come 2014.

Dropbox is used by many users to store their documents and other files in cloud storage. However, once these files are stored in Dropbox, it is only natural to wonder how secure they are. Now you can add an extra layer of security by using Qi, a secure token that automatically encrypts all your Dropbox files before uploading them.

For long, security researchers have preached longer passwords because the odds of cracking them are less than shorter passwords. However, now it has been revealed that longer passwords come with the risk of possible DoS attacks, especially if no specific password length is maintained by the web service.

The revelations made through the documents leaked by Edward Snowden continue. A fresh batch of documents now shows that NSA has been working with IT companies, security research firms and other stakeholders in order to bypass and and all forms of encryption that are popularly used on the web.

Lockbox is a tech startup that was launched back in 2008. Since then, the company has been working on creating a highly secure cloud service of its own. With the recent $2.5 million seed funding it has received, the startup is all set to create a cloud service which will essentially be NSA-proof.