An audit of open source file and disk encryption software VeraCrypt wrapped up and a number of critical vulnerabilities uncovered in the assessment were patched.

For the first time, more than half of traffic on the Internet is encrypted, and experts say free SSL certificate providers are playing a big role.

Mike Mimoso talks to Cigital CTO and software security pioneer Gary McGraw about the latest results pulled from the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM).

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered the StrongPity APT, a group that uses watering hole attacks to infect machines of users seeking encryption technologies such as WinRAR and TrueCrypt.

Networking giant Cisco issued five security bulletins this week with two critical bugs allowing remote execute code.

In Cigital’s seventh annual Building Security in Maturity Model report, cloud, agile software development and IoT factor into maturing secure software movement.

The Firefox browser will now deny TLS connections to servers using weak Diffie-Hellman keys.

Government ICS report reveals access control a major issue for sector along with nagging issues around poor code quality and cryptography.

A number of Democratic Congressional leaders wrote Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer a letter seeking answers about the breach of 500 million customer records.

iPhone users can now use Signal’s secure messaging app between their iOS device and their Mac OS or Windows desktops.