Encryption Stories for 2017

EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS 214
AnyDVD Supports UHD Blu-Ray Ripping, While Devices Patch Security Holes 68
US Says It Doesn't Need a Court Order To Ask Tech Companies To Build Encryption Backdoors 249
PHP Now Supports Argon2 Next-Generation Password Hashing Algorithm 94
Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called 'Sopranica' 77
66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don't Use Encryption 32
iPhone Encryption Hampers Investigation of Texas Shooter, Says FBI 240
Following Equifax Breach, CEO Doesn't Know If Data Is Encrypted 104
DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' 510
Flaw Crippling Millions of Crypto Keys Is Worse Than First Disclosed 76
How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet 110
Mozilla Might Distrust Dutch Government Certs Over 'False Keys' 112
BlackBerry CEO Promises To Try To Break Customers' Encryption If the US Government Asks Him To 107
Google To Remove Public Key Pinning (PKP) Support In Chrome 51
DUHK Crypto Attack Recovers Encryption Keys, Exposes VPN Connections 59
FBI Couldn't Access Nearly 7,000 Devices Because of Encryption 299
EU: No Encryption Backdoors But, Let's Help Each Other Crack That Crypto 83
Justice Department To Be More Aggressive In Seeking Encrypted Data From Tech Companies 206
What Isn't Telegram Saying About Its Connections To the Kremlin? 115
Adobe Security Team Accidentally Posts Private PGP Key On Blog 60
Passwords For 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online 33
Distrustful US Allies Force Spy Agency To Back Down In Encryption Fight 104
EFF Resigns From Web Consortium In Wake of EME DRM Standardization 221
Why You Shouldn't Use Texts For Two-Factor Authentication 102
Illinois Tests A Blockchain-Based Birth Registry/ID System 151
Virginia Scraps Electronic Voting Machines Hackers Destroyed At DefCon 194
AMD Releases Ryzen PRO Processors Worldwide, 8-Core Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 94
Google Warns Webmasters About Insecure HTTP Web Forms 94
How Security Pros Look at Encryption Backdoors 52
Hacker Claims To Have Decrypted Apple's Secure Enclave Processor Firmware 111
'Real People' Don't Need End-To-End Encryption In Their Messaging Apps, UK Home Secretary Says 348
Feds Crack Trump Protesters' Phones To Charge Them With Felony Rioting 465
Let's Encrypt Criticized Over Speedy HTTPS Certifications 207
Apple Flies Top Privacy Executives Into Australia To Lobby Against Proposed Encryption Laws 65
Australia To Compel Technology Firms To Provide Access To Encrypted Missives 230
EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML 149
The EFF's 'Let's Encrypt' Plans Wildcard Certificates For Subdomains 111
The Pentagon Says It Will Start Encrypting Soldiers' Emails Next Year 63
New Attack Can Now Decrypt Satellite Phone Calls in 'Real Time' 50
Petya Ransomware Authors Demand $250,000 In First Public Statement Since Attack 59
Apple Tests 3-D Face Scanning To Unlock Next iPhone: Bloomberg 74
Australian Officials Want Encryption Laws To Fight 'Terrorist Messaging' 195
Researcher Finds Critical OpenVPN Bug Using Fuzzing 47
Under Pressure, Western Tech Firms Including Cisco and IBM Bow To Russian Demands To Share Cyber Secrets 111
Equipment Already In Space Can Be Adapted For Extremely Secure Data Encryption 20
Microsoft, Accenture Team Up On Blockchain-based Digital ID Network 53
European Parliament Committee Endorses End-To-End Encryption 120
Germany Plans To Fingerprint Children and Spy On Personal Messages 225
Docker's LinuxKit Launches Kernel Security Efforts, Including Next-Generation VPN 44
British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack 340
Apple To Force Users To 2FA On iOS 11, macOS High Sierra 119
Wikipedia's Switch To HTTPS Has Successfully Fought Government Censorship 170
10 Years Later: FileZilla Adds Support For Master Password That Encrypts Your Logins 82
Hackers Unlock Samsung Galaxy S8 With Fake Iris 79
Microsoft Announces 'Windows 10 China Government Edition', Lets Country Use Its Own Encryption 108
UK Group Fights Arrest Over Refusing To Surrender Passwords At The Border 284
'First Pirated Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disk' Appears Online 260
Encrypted WhatsApp Message Recovered From Westminster Terrorist's Phone 143
Microsoft's Skype Is Most Used Messaging Service For Cyber Criminals, Study Finds 57
Ransomware Asks For High Score Instead of Money 36
Web Inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee Slams UK and US Net Plans 48
Britain Wants Tech Firms to Tackle Extremism 137
After 20 Years, OpenSSL Will Change To Apache License 2.0, Seeks Past Contributors 110
London Terrorist Used WhatsApp, UK Calls For Backdoors 360
Feds: We're Pulling Data From 100 Phones Seized During Trump Inauguration 233
Ask Slashdot: How Would You Implement Site-Wide File Encryption? 151
Some HTTPS Inspection Tools Actually Weaken Security 102
What The CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works 202
Hey CIA, You Held On To Security Flaw Information -- But Now It's Out. That's Not How It Should Work 246
Google Open Sources Encrypted Email Extension For Chrome 44
Are Your Slack Conversations Really Private and Secure? 68
Cloudflare Leaks Sensitive User Data Across the Web 87
Researchers Discover Security Problems Under the Hood of Automobile Apps 27
Ransomware Insurance Is Coming 86
Republicans Are Reportedly Using a Self-Destructing Message App To Avoid Leaks 326
Dozens of Popular iOS Apps Vulnerable To Intercept of TLS-Protected Data 53
Google Quietly Makes 'Optional' Web DRM Mandatory In Chrome 95
Facebook's New Tool Looks To Replace Traditional Two-Factor Authentication 75
Australia Plans Biometric Border Control 94
Lavabit Is Relaunching 54
Tor Onion Browser's Creator Explains Free Version For iOS 26
Buggy Domain Validation Forces GoDaddy To Revoke SSL Certificates 33
'Forza Horizon 3' Update Accidentally Published Unencrypted Build of the Game 70
Koolova Ransomware Decrypts For Free If You Read Two Articles About Ransomware 80
2016 Saw A Massive Increase In Encrypted Web Traffic 91