Tag: pgp
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DNS cache poisoning used to steal emails
Call to use end-to-end encryption and to deploy DNSSEC. DNS is sometimes called ‘the phone book of the Internet’. If true, then it is a phone book that makes it relatively easy to be tricked into calling someone else. Whether it is through using social engineering to hijack a DNS account at a gullible registrar,…
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Symantec buys key pair of encryption firms
PGP and GuardianEdge snapped up in surprise dual acquisition. Symantec has announced the acquisition of two separate firms specialising in encryption and email security. The deals were completed in cash with PGP , a renowned specialist in public key cryptography, costing $300 million and GuardianEdge , which also provides encryption and data loss prevention solutions,…