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Govt funding starts flowing to agencies in real-time
German watchdog chief calls Wirecard scandal a 'massive criminal act'
Social media giants to face same EU hateful content rules as broadcasters
ANZ sees fivefold increase in digital channel use
Govt mulls stricter cyber security accountability for agencies
cryptography
OpenSSH to remove SHA-1 as cracking cost drops
Start the switch to better algorithms.
May 29 2020 1:26PM
High-security locks for government, ATMs hacked by researcher
Electronic locks cracked by monitoring their power at Def Con.
Aug 7 2019 6:58AM
Home Affairs chief Pezzullo decries rise of the 'digital industrial complex'
Cyber tsar worried about "connectivity without values".
Mar 14 2019 8:30PM
Australia's anti-encryption laws ridiculed on world stage
'Not going to end well for anyone'.
Mar 6 2019 3:47PM
Govt's decryption bill can only lead to 'systemic weaknesses'
As more governments try to copy Australia, say cryptographic experts.
Sep 11 2018 4:38PM
Decades-old ROBOT flaw busts open TLS
Sites and equipment vendors issue patches.
Dec 14 2017 7:00AM
DUHK attack recovers secret keys from Fortinet devices
"Absurd" flaw in government-certified crypto.
Oct 25 2017 6:56AM
Google experiments with quantum-secure crypto
Chrome will use post-quantum key exchange algorithm.
Jul 8 2016 6:40AM
OpenSSL users urged to patch high-severity holes
Could be used for MitM attacks, remote code execution.
May 4 2016 9:28AM
Comodo issued SSL certs with banned internal names
Credentials could be used in man-in-the-middle attacks.
Nov 11 2015 11:28AM
Apple open sources iOS, OS X crypto libs
Security Framework, Common Crypto and corecrypto libraries released.
Oct 30 2015 4:28PM
Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export
Defence Trade Controls Act threatens to "criminalise" cryptology.
Jul 13 2015 9:32AM
'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL
Certificate bypass check possible.
Jul 10 2015 6:13AM
Crypto experts slam govt encryption backdoor demands
Revisiting a bad idea considered an even worse idea.
Jul 8 2015 10:57AM
Defence laws threaten to shut down Aussie encryption
[Opinion] Poorly drafted trade controls cast the net too wide.
May 20 2015 11:39AM
OpenSSL patches nine security flaws
Code security audits kicking in.
Aug 7 2014 5:35PM
Serious new flaws discovered in OpenSSL
'Man in the middle' attack possible.
Jun 6 2014 5:37AM
NIST launches post-NSA review into crypto guidance
Updated: Addressing concerns over compromised algorithms.
May 15 2014 11:12AM
'Nearly unbreakable' crypto modeled off human body
Generates unlimited number of keys, cuts out noise.
Apr 7 2014 6:11PM
Russia bans Bitcoin
'Curious' decision grates with Western government approaches.
Feb 7 2014 1:41PM
