Security

Successful decrypting demonstrations
show that chat-app designers should improve the ways they protect users’ personal data

Harnessing
the potential of big data to improve the security of Internet of Things devices

A fast and relatively simple attack on second generation digital mobile phone communications highlights the need to update security on older mobile networks

A user-controlled file security scheme makes it possible to instantly revoke access to files hosted on internet cloud servers

The complexity and security of a widely-used cryptography scheme are proven much lower than previously thought

Hacking programs disguised as games are helping Apple to improve the security of devices operating on its iOS platform

A large study of smartphone applications provides a baseline for comparing the security of different mobile providers