Phishing protection: Is it ever safe just to take a look? “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!” How phishers abuse your browser to steal data. Paul Ducklin Mar 30, 2025 Read Article Read
Tales from the SOC: Governments versus Crypto – Where next? | S1 Ep010 When governments demand to regulate crypto, is that a practical step, or just intellectual laziness? Paul Ducklin Mar 24, 2025 Read Article Read
Decrypting ransomware “for free” (sort of) Everyone loves a feel-good cybersecurity story… like this one. Paul Ducklin Mar 21, 2025 Read Article Read
End-to-end encryption: How it works, and why it breaks (Part 2 of 2) It’s rarely that the crypto gets cracked… it usually get sidestepped, or downgraded, or bodged. Paul Ducklin Feb 25, 2025 Read Article Read
End-to-end encryption: How it works, and why it breaks (Part 1 of 2) End-to-end encryption is everywhere, yet we still have breaches and eavesdropping. Why? Paul Ducklin Feb 20, 2025 Read Article Read
Quantum clickbait: The cryptographic crack that wasn’t Media headlines insisted that “RSA has been cracked.” But it hasn’t, so why did they say it had? Paul Ducklin Oct 31, 2024 Read Article Read
Public-key Crypto: Keeping secrets with people you’ve never met (Part 2 of 2) Join us for the fascinating story of how researchers in the UK and the US challenged received wisdom, and discovered how to share encryption keys securely, even with people you’ve never met. Paul Ducklin Oct 03, 2024 Read Article Read
Public-key Crypto: Keeping secrets with people you’ve never met (Part 1 of 2) Join us for the fascinating story of how researchers in the UK and the US challenged received wisdom, and discovered how to share encryption keys securely, even with people you’ve never met. Paul Ducklin Sep 25, 2024 Read Article Read
Encryption in the spotlight: Cure or Curse? Has encryption given us a false sense of security by luring us into assuming that if our data is safe a lot of the time, we can act as though it is safe all of the time? Paul Ducklin Sep 12, 2024 Read Article Read
Recorded webinar: Four decades of ransomware: Learning from the past As the famous saying goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Paul Ducklin Jul 23, 2024 Read Article Read
The quantum apocalypse: What is post-quantum cryptography, and why do we need it? (Part 2 of 2) Could quantum computers kill off encryption as we know it? If so, what can we do about it, and how long do we have to get ready? Paul Ducklin May 08, 2024 Read Article Read
The quantum apocalypse: What is post-quantum cryptography, and why do we need it? (Part 1 of 2) Could quantum computers kill off encryption as we know it? If so, what can we do about it, and how long do we have to get ready? Paul Ducklin May 01, 2024 Read Article Read