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Phil Zimmermann on Mobile Encryption and Privacy
Dennis Fisher talks with cryptographer and PGP inventor Phil Zimmermann about the specter of mobile eavesdropping, his new venture Silent Circle and how the threat landscape has changed in recent...
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Several Flaws Discovered in ZRTPCPP Library Used in Secure Phone Apps
A security researcher has uncovered a number of serious vulnerabilities in one of the core security components of several secure telephony applications, including the Silent Circle system developed by...
View ArticleInside the Decision to Shut Down Silent Mail
Silent Circle’s decision to shut down its Silent Mail email service may have come quickly yesterday, and the timing of the announcement admittedly was prompted by Lavabit’s decision to suspend...
View ArticleBetter Security, ‘Progressive Encryption’ in Silent Text 2.0
Silent Circle has released a new version of its private text messaging and secure file transfer service for Android and iOS mobile devices.
View ArticleBlackphone Gets Bug Bounty Program Off Ground
Secure smartphone manufacturer Blackphone announced today that it has launched a bug bounty program hosted on the Bugcrowd platform.
View ArticleMemory Corruption Bug Patched in Blackphone Silent Text App
Silent Circle patched a serious memory corruption vulnerability in the Silent Text application bundled with the secure Blackphone as well as in the standalone iOS and Android apps.
View ArticleAndroid Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk
Vulnerabilities in Stagefright, which processes media formats in Android, put 950 million devices at risk to remote attacks.
View ArticleSilent Circle Patches Modem Flaw That Exposes Blackphone to Attack
Silent Circle patched a Blackphone vulnerability, closing an open socket that exposed the mobile device's modem to attack.
View ArticleJon Callas on Securing Our Private Data
Mike Mimoso talks to privacy and security veteran Jon Callas of Silent Circle about the digital footprint businesses and consumers leave, how to secure our private data, and how a new documentary...
View ArticleCrypto Innovator, Entrepreneur Jon Callas Rejoins Apple
Apple has hired cryptography pioneer Jon Callas for a third time. Callas, who previously at Apple helped design and implement encryption systems for Macs, was most recently at Silent Circle.
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