Moxie Marlinspike, the security and privacy researcher known for his SSLStrip, Convergence and RedPhone tools, has released a new tool that can crack passwords used for some VPNs and wireless networks ...

A security researcher who disclosed a serious vulnerability in online certificates has been blocked from accessing his PayPal account after someone released a counterfeit PayPal certificate he created ...

In an interesting twist, a hacker guessed another hacker's Web page URL and got access to a hacking tool prior to its release. The so-called SSLStrip tool, which basically makes users think they are ...

Google offers Web users a simple trade-off: Let the search giant track a substantial portion of your comings and goings around the Web, and it will offer you a free, superior online experience. Now an ...

Whisper Systems founder Moxie Marlinspike has expanded a web-based tool for cracking protocols used for securing Wi-Fi networks, hashing passwords and encrypting documents. The CloudCracker service ...

Popular secure messaging app Signal claims to have exposed critical vulnerabilities in software made by controversial phone scanning and data extraction company Cellebrite. The Israeli digital ...

LAS VEGAS—The developer of the Signal encrypted-messaging app offered a two-part lesson at Black Hat 2024: Software may be today’s magic, but you still need to know for whom you’ve waving your magic ...