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Optus breach is a wake-up call for secure coding practices

Ryan Daws — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:03:49 +0000

A “coding error” in Optus Mobile’s systems led to a massive data breach affecting over nine million customers, sparking a lawsuit from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The case, filed under number VID429/2024 in the Federal Court of Australia, highlights the severe consequences of software vulnerabilities in large-scale systems. The breach, which affected... Read more »

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Encryption under fire: Signal and rights groups oppose EU law

Ryan Daws — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:52:01 +0000

In a strongly worded statement, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, has called out the EU’s latest attempts to weaken end-to-end encryption under the guise of new terminology. Her comments come in response to ongoing discussions surrounding the EU’s chat control legislation, which has seen some European countries pushing for measures that could potentially compromise user... Read more »

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Open letter criticises ‘flawed’ CSAM scanning plan

Ryan Daws — Fri, 03 May 2024 11:10:41 +0000

An open letter signed by 270 scientists and researchers across 33 countries has raised major technical concerns about the EU’s proposed regulation mandating the scanning of messaging apps for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The signees argue the techniques are fundamentally flawed and will “completely undermine communications and systems security.” “From a technical standpoint, to... Read more »

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Android 15 beta improves edge-to-edge, app archiving, and security

Ryan Daws — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:11:00 +0000

Google has released the first Android 15 beta with enhanced screen real estate utilisation, app archiving, and the bolstering of security measures. The tech giant has focused on optimising Android 15 for larger displays, such as those on foldable devices and tablets, by enabling apps’ edge-to-edge capabilities by default. This move is will benefit developers... Read more »

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What app developers need to know about the DOJ’s formal request for encryption backdoors

Paul H. Tzur, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal, & David J. Oberly — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:33:59 +0000

When we text via Apple’s iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, or a host of other messaging services, those messages are protected in ways communications across most other platforms are not. The reason is these select app developers use “end-to-end encryption” (or “E2EE”), which encrypts all messages before leaving the sender’s device and can only be decrypted by... Read more »

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