On the security of the Linux disk encryption LUKS
2023-05-03
In the past few days, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the #LUKS (“Linux Unified Key Setup”) disk #encryption, which is widely used on Linux. We publish our assessment of this here.
dys2p – https://dys2p.com/en/2023-05-luks-security.html
https://archive.is/KQxTH
https://archive.is/ELYH2
2023-05-03
In the past few days, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the #LUKS (“Linux Unified Key Setup”) disk #encryption, which is widely used on Linux. We publish our assessment of this here.
dys2p – https://dys2p.com/en/2023-05-luks-security.html
https://archive.is/KQxTH
https://archive.is/ELYH2
0xor0ne@infosec.exchange - Nice short blog post by Aditya Dixit explaining how to intercept and manipulate AES encrypted traffic used by mobile applications
https://blog.dixitaditya.com/manipulating-aes-traffic-using-a-chain-of-proxies-and-hardcoded-keys
#android #infosec #cybersecurity #AES #APK #mobile #encryption
https://blog.dixitaditya.com/manipulating-aes-traffic-using-a-chain-of-proxies-and-hardcoded-keys
#android #infosec #cybersecurity #AES #APK #mobile #encryption
law-enforcement-working-party-document-encryption.pdf
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Leaked EU Document Shows #Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End #Encryption
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
Law Enforcement Working Party document, encryption
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23819681-law-enforcement-working-party-document-encryption
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
Law Enforcement Working Party document, encryption
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23819681-law-enforcement-working-party-document-encryption
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KryptEY - Secure E2EE communication
An Android keyboard for secure end-to-end-encrypted messages through the Signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE. No server needed.
https://github.com/amnesica/KryptEY
F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amnesica.kryptey/
IzzyOnDroid
https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/apk/com.amnesica.kryptey
Reminder :
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/FAQ#how-long-does-it-take-for-my-app-to-show-up-on-website-and-client
#encryption #keyboard #E2EE
#messenger #security #Signal
An Android keyboard for secure end-to-end-encrypted messages through the Signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE. No server needed.
https://github.com/amnesica/KryptEY
F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amnesica.kryptey/
IzzyOnDroid
https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/apk/com.amnesica.kryptey
Reminder :
new apps available in F-Droid app may not emmediatly show on the F-Droid web site ( ie when you share the link app it returns a 404 error ) some extra time is needed for both to be available
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/FAQ#how-long-does-it-take-for-my-app-to-show-up-on-website-and-client
#encryption #keyboard #E2EE
#messenger #security #Signal
SimpleX Chat: private and secure cross platform messenger without any user IDs (not even random)
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Website : https://simplex.chat/
SimpleX Chat (SimpleX Chat - e2e encrypted messenger without any user IDs - private by design!)
https://f-droid.org/packages/chat.simplex.app/
Quick start – https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/readme.html
#SimpleXchat #security #privacy #encryption #E2EE
#FLOSS
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E2E-encrypted messages with markdown and editing
:~ E2E-encrypted images and files
:~ Decentralized secret groups — only users know they exist
:~ E2E-encrypted voice messages
:~ Disappearing messages
:~ E2E-encrypted audio and video calls
:~ Portable encrypted database — move your profile to another device
:~Incognito mode —
unique to SimpleX Chat
Website : https://simplex.chat/
SimpleX Chat (SimpleX Chat - e2e encrypted messenger without any user IDs - private by design!)
https://f-droid.org/packages/chat.simplex.app/
Quick start – https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/readme.html
#SimpleXchat #security #privacy #encryption #E2EE
#FLOSS
Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case – La Quadrature du Net –
#lqdn #France #encryption #surveillance
Mixing fantasies, bad faith and technical incompetence, a police story has been constructed around the (good) digital practices of the accused, with the aim of staging a “clandestine group”, “conspirative”, “conspiratist” and therefore… terrorist
We are facing the fantasy of a State demanding total transparency from everyone at the risk of being called a “suspect”, a State whose desire for widespread surveillance seems limitless. In this context, we reaffirm our rights to privacy, intimacy and the protection of our personal data. Encryption is, and will remain, an essential element of our civil liberties in the digital age.
#lqdn #France #encryption #surveillance
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide | Electronic Frontier Foundation –
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements.
#OnlineSafetyBill #Backdoors #BigBrother #UK #encryption #e2ee
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements.
#OnlineSafetyBill #Backdoors #BigBrother #UK #encryption #e2ee
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the
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Online Safety Bill
What happens next?
Third reading - a final chance to amend the bill – is scheduled for 6 September.
On Tuesday 18 July, the House of Commons agreed a Carry-over Motion as follows: That the period on the expiry of which proceedings on the Online Safety Bill shall lapse in pursuance of paragraph (13) of Standing Order No. 80A, as extended by the Order of 13 March 2023 (Online Safety Bill: Carry-over Extension), shall be further extended by 103 days until 31 October 2023.
Online Safety Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament – https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137/news
#OnlineSafetyBill #UK #BigBrother #surveillance #encryption #e2ee
Music & clip by Killing Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance - 2023
The final day of report stage – a chance to closely scrutinise elements of the bill and make changes – took place on 19 July.
What happens next?
Third reading - a final chance to amend the bill – is scheduled for 6 September.
On Tuesday 18 July, the House of Commons agreed a Carry-over Motion as follows: That the period on the expiry of which proceedings on the Online Safety Bill shall lapse in pursuance of paragraph (13) of Standing Order No. 80A, as extended by the Order of 13 March 2023 (Online Safety Bill: Carry-over Extension), shall be further extended by 103 days until 31 October 2023.
Online Safety Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament – https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137/news
#OnlineSafetyBill #UK #BigBrother #surveillance #encryption #e2ee
Music & clip by Killing Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance - 2023
Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law | JusticeOrg -
Blocking End-to-End Encryption and Important Security Updates
The United Kingdom (U.K.) government has recently unveiled plans to revise the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), the primary legislation governing the surveillance of electronic communications in the United Kingdom. The proposed revisions include five objectives pertaining to changes in the notices regime within the IPA, the process through which the government can ask private companies to carry out surveillance on its behalf, such as interception of communications and equipment interference (hacking).
The proposed changes to the IPA notices regimes include an obligation to comply with the content of a potential notice during the review period and before a notice is actually served, an obligation to disclose technical information about the company’s systems during the same review period, measures to strengthen the extraterritorial application of the notices and obligations for companies to give advance notice to the U.K. Secretary of State before implementing any technical changes. This article focuses on the latter two changes. It examines how the United Kingdom likely would be in breach of international human rights law
#UK #Censorship #IPA
#BigBrother #Surveillance #Backdoors #E2E #Encryption
Blocking End-to-End Encryption and Important Security Updates
The United Kingdom (U.K.) government has recently unveiled plans to revise the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), the primary legislation governing the surveillance of electronic communications in the United Kingdom. The proposed revisions include five objectives pertaining to changes in the notices regime within the IPA, the process through which the government can ask private companies to carry out surveillance on its behalf, such as interception of communications and equipment interference (hacking).
The proposed changes to the IPA notices regimes include an obligation to comply with the content of a potential notice during the review period and before a notice is actually served, an obligation to disclose technical information about the company’s systems during the same review period, measures to strengthen the extraterritorial application of the notices and obligations for companies to give advance notice to the U.K. Secretary of State before implementing any technical changes. This article focuses on the latter two changes. It examines how the United Kingdom likely would be in breach of international human rights law
#UK #Censorship #IPA
#BigBrother #Surveillance #Backdoors #E2E #Encryption
Just Security
Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law
Proposed changes to the UK Investigatory Powers Act 2016 may violate international human rights law.
Privacy Companies Push Back Against EU Plot To End Online Privacy
An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.
In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.
#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption
An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.
In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.
#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption
Europol Seeks to Break Mobile Roaming Encryption
EU’s law enforcement agency Europol is another major entity that is setting its sights on breaking encryption.
This time, it’s about home routing and mobile encryption, and the justification is a well-known one: encryption supposedly stands in the way of the ability of law enforcement to investigate.
Europol’s recent paper treats home routing not as a useful security feature, but, as “a serious challenge for lawful interception.” Home routing works by encrypting data from a phone through the home network while roaming.
Via @reclaimthenet
#Europol #BigBrother #Encryption #Router
EU’s law enforcement agency Europol is another major entity that is setting its sights on breaking encryption.
This time, it’s about home routing and mobile encryption, and the justification is a well-known one: encryption supposedly stands in the way of the ability of law enforcement to investigate.
Europol’s recent paper treats home routing not as a useful security feature, but, as “a serious challenge for lawful interception.” Home routing works by encrypting data from a phone through the home network while roaming.
Via @reclaimthenet
#Europol #BigBrother #Encryption #Router