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Google hopes to thwart quantum computers from cracking today’s internet encryption

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The encryption methods used to secure today’s internet communications won’t be impenetrable forever. More powerful “quantum computers” on the horizon could very well crack them.

That’s why Google is testing out new cryptography that computers in the future might not be able to break.  

The processing power offered by “hypothetical, future” quantum computers could  be enough to “decrypt any internet communication that was recorded today,” wrote Matt Braithwaite, a Google software engineer in a company blog post on Thursday.

This could affect the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol used when visiting websites. Old information, originally meant to be secured for decades, could suddenly become exposed, he added.

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FBI is cracking an iPhone in an Arkansas murder case

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Now that it has found a way to do so for its own purposes in a California terrorism case, the FBI is helping Arkansas prosecutors break into an iPhone and iPad.

This time it’s to look for evidence in a murder trial, and it’s without asking Apple for help to crack the iOS devices. Instead prosecutors in Faulkner County, Ark., asked the FBI to take a shot at it, given its recent success breaking into the phone used by a terrorist in San Bernardino, Calif., according to the Associated Press.

The FBI is also helping break into an iPod related to the case, the AP says.

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Black Hat 2015: Cracking just about anything

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Researchers at the Black Hat 2015 conference next week will show how to crack Internet routing protocols, malware-detecting honeypots, radio-frequency ID gear that gates building access, and more, but also offer tips on how to avoid becoming victims to their new attacks.

A pair of researchers will release a hardware device that exploits weaknesses in RFID access controls and show how to use it to break into buildings. The device exploits the communication protocol used by most access-control systems, according to the team, Eric Evenchick, a freelance developer, and Mark Baseggio, a security consultant for Accuvant.

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Network World Tim Greene

Spy agency encryption cracking foolish, says web inventor – TechTarget

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Spy agency encryption cracking foolish, says web inventor
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The UK scientist said the move weakened online security, contradicted US and UK efforts to fight cyber crime and cyber warfare, and was a betrayal of the technology industry. He called for a "full and frank public debate" on internet surveillance …
Tim Berners-Lee slams encryption-busting surveillance agenciesIT PRO
WWW inventor: US, UK spying 'appalling and foolish'Press TV
Web creator slams mass surveillanceDaily Star Online
Radio New Zealand
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