📚 VeraCrypt Security Audit Concludes Despite Rocky Start
💡 Newskategorie: IT Security
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The VeraCrypt project has released version 1.19 to fix a series of security flaws discovered during a recent security audit paid the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). The security audit, which took place between August 16 and September 14, 2016, had analyzed VeraCrypt 1.18, a cross-platform software package that helps users encrypt their entire hard drives against unauthorized access. "Disappearing emails" incident didn't stop the security audit After the TrueCrypt project shut down in 2014, VeraCrypt has become the go-to solution for encrypting entire computers. This was one of the reasons why OSTIF chose to audit VeraCrypt in early August following an influx of funds from DuckDuckGo and VikingVPN donations. OSTIF hired French security firm QuarksLab to perform the audit. Despite noticing that four critical emails regarding the ... ...