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VPN on BlackBerry KEYone
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VPN for dummies ... Or Dads ... Or why it's time to finally take the plunge

Posted by Phil Nickinson on 31 May 2017 1:41 pm EDT
A good VPN isn't as complicated as it used to be, but it's still a pretty big step for a "regular" user to take. But it's time to get my family used to it. Their data may depend on it. Over the past year I've been slowly moving my family to more secure options for their phones and computers. Password managers — to promote the usage of longer and stronger passwords — was the first step. Then...
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PRIV named one of the most secure Android smartphones of 2016

Posted by James Nieves on 31 Mar 2017 10:44 am EDT
Google's annual Android Security Review names PRIV one of the most secure smartphones of last year. While rather unsurprising to most of us here, there are some areas of the report that BlackBerry's software efforts receive some substantial kudos. BlackBerry is named among several manufacturers regularly delivering security updates to flagship devices on the same day as Google. What's more,...
FTC, FCC want to know more about how carriers and manufacturers issue security updates
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FTC, FCC want to know more about how carriers and manufacturers issue security updates

Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 9 May 2016 2:28 pm EDT
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have embarked on a joint fact-finding mission of sorts to better understand how security is handled by mobile device manufacturers. As part of the joint inquiry, the FTC notes that it has issued orders to eight companies to gauge how each issues security updates. In all, the FTC's probe includes Apple, BlackBerry,...
BlackBerry Priv Security
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BlackBerry reiterates stance on encryption: lawful compliance and no backdoors

Posted by Derek Kessler on 24 Feb 2016 6:14 am EST
At MWC 2016 today and in the shadow of Apple's battle with the FBI over encryption, BlackBerry reiterated their stance on security and encryption. It's a nuanced position: compliance with legal requests but also protecting their customers' privacy. A BlackBerry spokesperson said: BlackBerry abides by lawful access principles — at the end of the day we want to ensure that we're not...
BlackBerry joins the National Cyber Security Alliance
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BlackBerry joins the National Cyber Security Alliance

Posted by Jared DiPane on 12 Aug 2015 9:40 am EDT
BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a nonprofit organization that is focused on helping citizens stay safe online. With BlackBerry's security expertise in software, hardware and the IoT, the NCSA hopes to keep everyone safer and more secure, regardless of the mobile device they are using. The NCSA hopes to tap into BlackBerry's security understanding to solve...
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BlackBerry extends security focus to the Internet of Things

Posted by Jared DiPane on 24 Jul 2015 11:32 am EDT
BlackBerry is looking to make everything more secure, and the latest effort from the company may be aimed at the Internet of Things (IoT). At its recent Security Summit — which you can watch again here — the company had very little to say about hardware, and everything to say about security. On stage, there was a demonstration showing just how easily someone could hack into an IV pump in a...
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UK Government publishes updated guidance on using BlackBerry 10 smartphones

Posted by Bla1ze on 21 Jul 2015 5:42 pm EDT
In another nod to BlackBerry security, the UK government via the Communications and Electronics Security Group (CESG) has released updated security guidelines for government agencies and various other secure organizations that wish to use BlackBerry 10 devices. The guidelines are designed to help government and corporate users set up devices it deems secure to offer the best balance between...
QNX and Certicom partner for better automotive security
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QNX and Certicom look to enhance automotive security together

Posted by Jared DiPane on 3 Jun 2015 9:52 am EDT
Coming from the TU-Automotive show in Detroit, QNX has announced a new partnership with Certicom in an effort to enhance automotive security. Both companies are subsidaries of BlackBerry, and while QNX focuses on the software distribution, Certicom's focus is on the protection of the content, applications, and devices. With a variety of new technology making its way to the automotive industry...
Z3 SIM card slot
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Gemalto denies 'massive theft' of SIM card encryption keys by NSA and GCHQ [updated]

Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 25 Feb 2015 4:48 am EST
Update: A new report in The Intercept claims that Gemalto is drastically downplaying the effects of this attack. In the report, several security researchers came to the conclusion that "the company made sweeping, overly-optimistic statements about the security and stability of Gemalto's networks, and dramatically underplayed the significance of the NSA-GCHQ targeting of the company and its...
SIM card slot
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SIM card manufacturer Gemalto says its products are secure following NSA hack

Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 23 Feb 2015 5:57 am EST
Digital security vendor Gemalto has announced that its products are "secure" following a report last week stating that the NSA and its UK counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), hacked into the vendor's SIM cards. With a production run of over 2 billion SIM cards a year, Gemalto is the leading SIM card manufacturer in the world, and counts the four major US carriers...

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