Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2020
The popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal has been chosen by the European Commission for its communications. The European Commission has decided to adopt for its staff the popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal for its communications. The news was first reported earlier this month by the Politico website, a message issued on the commissionâs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2018
The reverse engineer researcher Nathaniel Suchy discovered that Signal Desktop application leaves message decryption key in plain text exposing them to an attacker. Signal Desktop application leaves message decryption key in plain text potentially exposing them to an attacker. The issue was discovered by the reverse engineer researcher Nathaniel Suchy The flaw affects the process implemented by the Signal Desktop […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2018
An Italian cybersecurity passionate discovered that it was possible to recover the expired messages from Signal version 1.14.3, Advisory ID: n0sign4l-002 Risk level: 4 / 5 Title: Signal Desktop – Recover Expired Messages Credit: Leonardo Porpora – ân0sign4lâ Product: Signal CVE: CVE-2018-14023 Version: 1.14.3 and prior Public Disclosure:  17/08/2018 Vendor: Open Whisper System Details Signal version […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2018
Researchers shared details of a code injection vulnerability they found in the in the Signal app for both Windows and Linux systems. The flaw was promptly fixed by Signal. Signal has fixed a code injection vulnerability in the app for both Windows and Linux systems that was reported by a team of Argentinian experts. A remote attacker could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2018
The macOS client for the Signal fails to properly delete disappearing messages from the recipient’s system, potentially exposing sensitive messages. Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app, searching for it on the Internet it is possible to read the Edward Snowdenâ testimony: âUse anything by Open Whisper Systemsâ Snowden says. The Cryptographer and Professor at Johns […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2018
An attacker can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp, Threema and Signal messaging apps. Even if the messaging services implement end-to-end encryption, an attacker or someone in the company that provides the service can decrypt your messages. A Group of researchers from Ruhr-UniversitĂ€t Bochum (RUB) in Germany discovered that anyone who controls […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2017
Open Whisper Systems announced that itâs working on a new private contact discovery service for its popular communications app Signal. Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app, searching for it on the Internet it is possible to read the Edward Snowdenâ testimony: âUse anything by Open Whisper Systemsâ Snowden says. The Cryptographer and Professor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2016
The latest update of Signal introduces the ‘domain fronting’ technique that has been implemented to circumvent censorship. Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app, searching for it on the Internet it is possible to read the Edward Snowdenâ testimony: âUse anything by Open Whisper Systemsâ Snowden says. The Cryptographer and Professor at Johns Hopkins […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2016
Researchers at InTheCyber firm have discovered a new easy exploitable and dangerous vulnerability affecting messaging systems. InTheCyber â Intelligence & Defense Advisors (www.inthecyber.com), a leader in offensive & Defensive Cyber Security, has discovered in its R&D Labs a new easy and dangerous vulnerability affecting messaging systems. Voicemail caller-id spoofing itâs a quite old flaw. When the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2016
Why Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app? It stores only a few information about its users, and the events demonstrate it. Despite many of the most popular apps are implementing end-to-end encryption, not all applications are equal. Security experts recommend Signal for secure communications, in the aftermath of the DNC hack the staffers […]
