Melisha Dsouza

OpenSSL 3.0 will have significant changes in architecture, will include FIPS module and more

On 13th February, the OpenSSL team released a blog post outlining the changes that users can expect in the OpenSSL…

2 years ago

Researchers prove that Intel SGX and TSX can hide malware from antivirus software

Researchers Michael Schwarz, Samuel Weiser, and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology  have published a research paper that demonstrates…

2 years ago

Switzerland launches a bug bounty program ‘Public Intrusion test’ to find vulnerabilities in its E-Voting systems

Switzerland’s national postal service, Swiss Post, says that it has developed a fully verifiable system that can make e-voting widely…

2 years ago

Brave Privacy Browser has a ‘backdoor’ to remotely inject headers in HTTP requests: HackerNews

Brave, the open source privacy- focussed browser, has allegedly introduced a ‘backdoor’ to remotely inject headers in HTTP requests that…

2 years ago

Signal introduces optional link previews to enable users understand what’s behind a URL

Signal, the encrypted communication App for iOs and Android, recently announced optional link previews for the four most popular sites-…

2 years ago

Google’s Adiantum, a new encryption standard for lower-end phones and other smart devices

Google launched a new form of encryption called ‘Adiantum’, that is designed to secure data stored on lower-end smartphones and…

2 years ago

Google’s new Chrome extension ‘Password CheckUp’ checks if your username or password has been exposed to a third party breach

Google released a new Chrome extension on Tuesday, called the  ‘Password CheckUp’. This extension will inform users if the username…

2 years ago

Undetected Linux Backdoor ‘SpeakUp’ infects Linux, MacOS with cryptominers

Security Researchers have discovered a new backdoor trojan, dubbed as ‘SpeakUp’ which exploits known vulnerabilities in six different Linux distributions…

2 years ago

San Francisco legislation proposes a citywide ban on government’s use of facial recognition technology

San Francisco will be the first city in the U.S. to ban the government from using facial recognition technology, if…

2 years ago

Facebook hires top EEF lawyer and Facebook critic as Whatsapp privacy policy manager

Nate Cardozo, former top legal counsel at  Electronic Frontier Foundation and has been hired to undertake a privacy role at…

2 years ago