Tag: encryption

Too Big to Fail, Too Centralised to Survive: What 16 Billion Leaked Logins Tell Us About the Wrong Kind of Scale

Too Big to Fail, Too Centralised to Survive: What 16 Billion Leaked Logins Tell Us About the Wrong Kind of Scale

When 16 billion credentials turn up in a single breach compilation, it should shake us. But it doesn’t. Not anymore. And that’s the problem. In the latest reminder that password-based security is a brittle mess, security researchers revealed a mega-leak containing more than 16 billion 

CyAN’s Position on the Recommendations of the High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement

CyAN’s Position on the Recommendations of the High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement

CyAN opposes recommendations made by the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement (HLG).

Play, Pay, Repeat: Why Australia Needs to Stop Chasing Encryption Backdoors and Start Getting Serious About Kids, Games,and Digital Safety

Play, Pay, Repeat: Why Australia Needs to Stop Chasing Encryption Backdoors and Start Getting Serious About Kids, Games,and Digital Safety

Over the weekend, I read an article by Jackson Ryan in The Guardian that stopped me in my tracks. It asked a pointed question — “Does video game monetisation harm children, and what is Australia doing about it?” — and its answers were far from 

CyAN Signs 3 Open Letters Against Surveillance Laws

CyAN Signs 3 Open Letters Against Surveillance Laws

We have added CyAN’s signature to 3 open letters against surveillance overreach in Sweden, Japan, and the United States

Unraveling Digital Sovereignty: The Delicate Balance of Digital Sovereignty: Insights and Imperatives

Unraveling Digital Sovereignty: The Delicate Balance of Digital Sovereignty: Insights and Imperatives

Defining Digital Sovereignty in Our Times In his thought-provoking article, “Digital Sovereignty: A Framework for the Internet Age,” Robin Berjon skilfully outlines the challenges and necessities of digital sovereignty. This article builds on his foundation, delving deeper into nuanced facets of digital sovereignty and highlighting 

Opinion: Yet Another Encryption Kerfuffle

Ukrainian law enforcement demands Signal cooperate against Russian cybercriminals. This is a bad idea, like in any other country.

Opinion:  Encryption Back Doors are Dumb.

Opinion: Encryption Back Doors are Dumb.

A member’s take on why encryption backdoors are a stupid, harmful, pointless idea.

CyAN’s Position on Encryption Backdoor Legislation

CyAN statement opposing the French “Narcotrafic” amendment allowing law enforcement access to encrypted messages, and Sweden’s proposed requirement for back doors into end-to-end encryption

The Power of Fully Homomorphic Encryption in the Fight Against Ransomware

The Power of Fully Homomorphic Encryption in the Fight Against Ransomware

A repost of an article one of our members wrote for a client of his, regarding the use case of fully homomorphic encryption as a safeguard against ransomware-borne data exfiltration and various forms of extortion.

The Growing Threat of Quantum Supremacy in The Era Of Digital Civilization

The Growing Threat of Quantum Supremacy in The Era Of Digital Civilization

Aliasgar Eranpurwala, a graduate of the CyAN mentorship programme pilot, writes about his work on post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution to secure satellite communications