encryption
CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million
The funding solidifies Wickr's position as an encrypted chat platform for government agencies.
Customs and Border Protection to Use Encrypted App Wickr Widely
New procurement records show that CBP is using Wickr across "all components" of the agency.
ProtonMail Under Fire For Sharing ClActivist Data With French Authorities
While the company was cornered under Swiss law, critics say the company is advertising email as more secure than it really is.
WhatsApp Can’t Ban the Taliban Because It Can’t Read Their Texts
The Taliban are using the Facebook-owned chat app to spread messages to Afghan citizens as they take over the country.
We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals
'Anom’ phones used in an FBI honeypot are mysteriously showing up on the secondary market. We bought one.
Amazon Acquires Encrypted Messaging App Wickr
Wickr is a popular encrypted messaging platform used by journalists, criminals, governments, and businesses.
Instructions Show How Cops Use GrayKey to Brute Force iPhones
Newly released documents provide new insight into the capabilities of the iPhone unlocking tech.
Bombshell Report Finds Phone Network Encryption Was Deliberately Weakened
A new paper shows that two old encryption algorithms still used in mobile networks can be exploited to spy on phones' internet traffic.
‘We Have to Run a Good Company’: How the FBI Sold Its Encryption Honeypot
The FBI had to run its Anom encrypted phone company just like any other, a former Department of Justice official who worked on the case told Motherboard.
DOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked for FBI’s Honeypot Phone Company
The defendants thought they worked for Anom, an encrypted phone company marketed to criminals. But the FBI was in control, and now the DOJ is charging them.
Hacking Startup 'Azimuth Security' Unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone
Motherboard can confirm a Washington Post report that said Azimuth Security developed the tool used on the San Bernardino iPhone.
Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 to Encrypted App Wickr
Motherboard has found procurement records detailing Wickr's first public U.S. law enforcement contract.