encryption

31Aug2010

Tech Tip of the Day: Hide World Domination Plans with TrueCrypt

Submitted by Paul Lilly on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 06:37

Justin Bieber concert pictures. Detroit Lions tickets receipt. That ultra weird fetish video you downloaded. These are just some of the files you may have sitting on your hard drive but would rather no one know about. That's where TrueCrypt comes in.

TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt is free, open-source disk encryption software that allows you to easily create a virtual encrypted disk that mounts on your system like a real disk. But unlike those other partitions, the TrueCrypt container can only be accessed if you know the password, keeping those work documents or sordid love affair notes from prying eyes. There's even an option to encrypt an entire partition, whether it's your hard drive or a portable USB key you previously kept hidden in your rectum.

TrueCrypt works with a variety of OSes, including Windows 7, Vista, XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. You can download it here.

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29Dec2009

German Hacker Cracks GSM Encryption Code

Submitted by: The BURNED iN Crew

GSM Cracked

"Beyond the unsettling paranoia associated with shadowy government agencies listening in on our phone calls, it would now appear everyone and their eavesdropping monkey will soon be able to covertly access and monitor our telecommunication habits.

Moreover, a German hacker is claiming to have broken through the 64-bit A5/1 security encryption algorithm designed to protect GSM mobile calls all around the world.

According to The New York Times, 28-year-old Karsten Nohl, a computer engineer and encryption specialist, revealed the publication of his break-in code during the recent Chaos Communication Congress convention in Berlin. source

Our Take: The GSM Association was none too pleased with Nohl's efforts, who insinuated that he was being a hypocrite by doing this "while supposedly being concerned about privacy." We suppose they would have preferred Nohl bury his head in the sand, leaving the door open for a malicious hacker to crack the code, rather than a 28-year-old encryption expert with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Virginia.

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