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Apple vs. UK — ADP E2EE Back Door Faceoff

Won’t Tim Think of the Children? End-to-end encryption battle continues ...

Security Boulevard

Cybersecurity Impact of DOGE, Apple’s Stand Against Encryption Backdoors

Tom Eston | March 3, 2025 | Apple, canada, cisa, Concerns, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, DOGE, economy, encryption, Encryption Backdoor, Episodes, government, Impact, Incompetence, Information Security, Infosec, Jokes, national security, Phishing, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, technology, Trump, uk, Weekly Edition

In this episode, Kevin and Tom discuss current events including the latest developments with DOGE and the significant changes happening at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They also touch on ...

Shared Security Podcast

UK Demanded Apple Add a Backdoor to iCloud

Bruce Schneier | February 26, 2025 | Apple, backdoors, encryption, uk, Uncategorized

Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British ...

Schneier on Security

romance, fraud, scams, Heart of Flowers on a wooden wall

Congress is PISSED at British Backdoor Bid, but Apple Stays Shtum

Just meet me at the ADP: Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Andy Biggs got no love for the United Kingdom ...

Security Boulevard

UK, apple, ‘Union Jack’ bunting in Balham after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, June 2022

Hey, UK, Get Off of My Cloud

Mark Rasch | February 10, 2025 | cloud access, Compliance, EU law, uk

The United Kingdom has made a bold demand to Apple, purporting to require the company to create a backdoor to access encrypted cloud backups of all users worldwide ...

Security Boulevard

UK Is Ordering Apple to Break Its Own Encryption

Bruce Schneier | February 8, 2025 | Apple, backdoors, cloud computing, Data Privacy, encryption, law enforcement, Privacy, uk, Uncategorized

The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring it to break the Advanced Data ...

Schneier on Security

Bryan Vorndran, assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, standing in front of a U.S. flag, looking stern

LockBit Victim? Ask FBI for Your Ransomware Key

Spy warez: Assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division Bryan Vorndran (pictured) might have the key to unscramble your files ...

Security Boulevard

Brits Ban Bad Passwords — and Other IoT Stupid Stuff

Richi Jennings | April 30, 2024 | bad passwords, blank password, Consumer IoT, gchq, gov.uk, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, iot, National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (PSTI), SB Blogwatch, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, uk, United Kingdom

Nice Cup of IoTea? The UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act aims to improve the security of net-connected consumer gear ...

Security Boulevard