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| May 12, 2017 | DataTribe looks to turn spy tech into startups | Over the last year or so, the name DataTribe has been popping up in association with some intriguing cybersecurity startups.
It was the named investor in a seed round for Dragos, which secures industrial control systems and infrastructure. ... |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Secure Smartphones Trump Should Consider: Blackphone 2, Galaxy S7 Edge, And More | Amy Gordon, Tech Times 27 January 2017, 12:01 pm
It was believed that Donald Trump would be giving up his Android handset in favor of a more secure encrypted device approved by the Secret Service.
However, even after taking up office as the... |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Black market Blackphones get sent a kill message that bricks them [Updated] | Even if it came in this retail packaging, beware of Blackphones bought from unauthorized sellers—Silent Circle is trying to disable them.
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| Jul 18, 2016 | Geneva-based Silent Circle announces $50 million in Series C funding | Silent Circle, a pioneer in the mobile privacy market, just secured $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Santander Bank. The Swiss startup will use the growth capital to expand product development, customer service, business devel... |
| Jul 18, 2016 | Silent Circle raises $50 Million in Series C Funding | |
| Jul 17, 2016 | Santander Bank Leads $50M Series C for Silent Circle | Silent Circle, a Geneva-based pioneer in the field of securing mobile communications, said on Friday that it has raised $50 million in a Series C financing round led by Santander Bank.
The firm, which was founded by well-known cryptologists... |
| Jul 17, 2016 | Santander Bank Leads $50M Series C for Silent Circle | Silent Circle, a Geneva-based pioneer in the field of securing mobile communications, said on Friday that it has raised $50 million in a Series C financing round led by Santander Bank.
The firm, which was founded by well-known cryptologists... |
| Jul 16, 2016 | Mobile privacy pioneer Silent Circle raises $50m Series C led by Santander Bank | Premium
Silent Circle, a Geneva-based pioneer in securing mobile communications, said on Friday it has raised $50 million in a Series C financing round led by Santander Bank as it looks to reinvent itself as an enterprise-focused business.
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| Jul 15, 2016 | Encrypted comms company Silent Circle closes $50M Series C | Encrypted comms company Silent Circle, which also makes a security-focused Android smartphone called the Blackphone, has announced it’s closed a $50 million Series C round of financing, led by Santander Bank.
The company was in the news rec... |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Silent Circle raises $50M, led by Santander, to expand its privacy-focused communications platform | Encrypted communications company Silent Circle has raised $50 million in a series C round led by Santander Bank.
Founded out of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2012, Silent Circle produces a suite of privacy-focused software and services for enterp... |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Mobile Privacy Market Platform Silent Circle Raises $50M in Series C Funding | Silent Circle, a Geneva, Switzerland-based mobile privacy market platform, raised $50m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Santander Bank. In conjunction with the funding, cybersecurity investor Bob Ackerman joined the Silent Circle b... |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Silent Circle raises $50M, led by Santander, to expand its privacy-focused communications platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Encrypted communications company Silent Circle has raised $50 million in a series C round led by Santander Bank.
Founded out of Geneva,... |
| Jul 13, 2016 | Paint it black: Revisiting the Blackphone and its cloudy future | The Blackphone and its parent, Silent Circle, have taken some knocks over the past few months, as the company prepares a new course. Will hardware be part of it?
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| Jul 5, 2016 | Silent Circle silently snuffs out its warrant canary — but claims it’s a “business decision” | Silent Circle, the maker of encrypted messaging apps and a security hardened Android smartphone, called Blackphone, has discontinued its warrant canary.
Attempting to reach the page where it was previously hosted results in the following no... |
| May 11, 2016 | Another ambitious privacy start-up with headquarter in Switzerland | |
| Apr 24, 2016 | Sirin Labs blasts into the secure smartphone space with a $72 million seed round | Dennis Mitzner Contributor
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| Mar 17, 2016 | What John Oliver Has to Say About Apple, the FBI, and Secure Messaging | John Oliver, the host of Last Week Tonight on HBO, dedicated his most recent episode to exploring the controversial debate surrounding Apple and the FBI. In it, he summarizes the debate, offers his own opinion – with which I agree, and give... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | New privacy platform protects enterprise communication | Enterprise customers are increasingly concerned about the security of their mobile communications, as well as the ability to deliver auditing and compliance information.
Silent Circle, the Swiss company behind the privacy focused Blackphone... |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Blackphone Is the Right Phone for the Paranoid Android User | Over the summer, after a security researcher revealed that a series of bugs left around 950 million Android users vulnerable to hackers, I decided to ditch Android and go to the shiny, nicely designed, dark side—Apple.
I was sick of Android... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | New Stagefright Bugs Leave More Than 1 Billion Android Users Vulnerable | In July, a security researcher revealed that Android phones could be hacked with a simple text, thanks to a series of bugs in the Android operating system that are now commonly known as Stagefright.
On Thursday, the same security researcher... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Paranoid Android redux: “going dark” with Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 | The back of the Blackphone 2, Silent CIrcle's latest take on the privacy-focused smartphone.
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| Sep 28, 2015 | Silent Circle's Blackphone 2 is the most secure Android phone available | With all of the talk about the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, it's easy to forget that there are some genuine alternatives out there. One such smartphone is the Blackphone from the privacy-centric Silen... |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Even the Inventor of PGP Doesn’t Use PGP | If you've ever tried to learn how to send an encrypted email, you know it's a painful, easy-to-fuck-up process. To use a popular buzzword in Silicon Valley-speak, it's anything but "frictionless."
So much so that even Phil Zimmerm... |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Blackphone 2 from Silent Circle will test whether security is a priority for smartphone buyers | People never hesitate to say that security and privacy are very, very important to them. But too often, their actions say otherwise.
Whether it’s never changing passwords, or not making them strong enough in the first place, people often fa... |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Blackphone 2 from Silent Circle will test whether security is a priority for smartphone buyers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
People never hesitate to say that security and privacy are very, very important to them. But too often, their actions say otherwise.
Wh... |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Silent Circle's BlackPhone 2 Is Now Available For Preorder | Nicole Arce, Tech Times 19 August 2015, 09:08 am
Silent Circle has begun taking preorders for BlackPhone 2, the second generation of the company's security-focused Android smartphone.
The Silent Circle website has been updated to start rece... |
| Aug 18, 2015 | Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 Landing In September | Silent Circle showed off the second generation of its pro-privacy Android-hardened smartphone, the Blackphone, back in March at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow — touting a summer launch for the device.
In the event, it’s still not launc... |
| Aug 15, 2015 | The Lawfare Podcast: Silent Circle's Mike Janke on Encryption, Going Dark, and Corporate Responsibility | Last week, Ben posted five hard questions to both government and industry regarding encryption and the "going dark" debate. For this week's Podcast, we posed these questions and more on the issues of technology, public policy and ... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Silent Circle Joins Google's Android for Work Program | |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Google Adds 8 Carriers To Its Android For Work Partner Ecosystem | Google’s Android for Work program makes it easier for businesses to allow their employees to safely use their Android phones for both work and personal use. It gives IT the ability to manage work apps, which are siloed from the rest of the ... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Dialed down: Spain’s Geeksphone exits the smartphone business | Founded in 2009, Madrid, Spain-based Geeksphone is saying adiós to the smartphone business, after having developed six phones in less than six years. It’s not really a surprise, given that the small company last month unceremoniously announ... |
| Mar 3, 2015 | Silent Circle Wants To Be The Modern Day Blackberry | Blackberry was once the big dawg in mobile phones. It was in the hands of practically every knowledge worker on the planet, but its days of dominance began a precipitous drop after Apple brought the iPhone to market in 2007 and Android foll... |
| Mar 2, 2015 | Silent Circle: $50million financing round and continued rapid expansion | |
| Mar 1, 2015 | Silent Circle Raises $50M in Equity Funding | Silent Circle, a Geneva, Switzerland-based enterprise privacy company, raised approximately $50m in equity funding.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its expansion.
Co-founded by Mike Janke, Phil Zimmermann, and Jon Callas,... |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/27/15 | Iotera, Knowmail, Getable, Xero, Twenty20, Metamarkets, Leankor, Branch Metrics, Silent Circle,
Seed stage
Iotera, a real-time GPS tracking device that can be used to track a whole host of things, raised a $1 million round of seed funding r... |
| Jan 29, 2015 | In Communications, Privacy And Security Are Illusions | Robert R. Ackerman Jr. Contributor
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Robert R. Ackerman Jr. is the founder and managing director of AllegisCyber, a venture capital firm specializing in cybersecurity, and the co-founder and executive at DataTribe, a cybersec... |
| Jan 28, 2015 | Bug in ultra secure BlackPhone let attackers decrypt texts, stalk users | reader comments 41 with 28 posters participating
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A recently fixed vulnerability in the BlackPhone instant messaging application gave attackers the ability to decrypt messag... |
| Jan 28, 2015 | Serious vulnerability discovered in 'secure' Blackphone | The manufacturer of the secure Blackphone smartphone has issued a patch for a newly-discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise devices through the phone's messaging application.
Founder of security consultancy Azimuth Secu... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Here’s What Happened On Twitter After The U.K. PM Said He Wants To Ban Encryption | Yesterday U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron was dubbing a Fox News commenter who had made ludicrous claims on a topic on which he was entirely mis-informed “clearly an idiot“.
Today Cameron has been branded a dunce of similar proportions af... |
| Jan 5, 2015 | Secure mobile phone startup Silent Circle’s new board member predicted the deluge of retail and banking hacks | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today Silent Circle, creator of the encrypted And... |
| Jan 5, 2015 | Silent Circle Appoints Bill Conner CEO | |
| Jan 5, 2015 | Secure mobile phone startup Silent Circle’s new board member predicted the deluge of retail and banking hacks | Today Silent Circle, creator of the encrypted Android-based Black Phone, welcomes security heavyweight Bill Conner to its Board of directors. Like many on the Silent Circle team, Conner is well versed in government-level security tech.
Conn... |
| Jan 2, 2015 | Offshoring Data Won’t Protect It From The NSA | Timothy H. Edgar Contributor
Tim Edgar is a visiting fellow at Brown University. He served in the Obama White House as the first-ever Director of Privacy and Civil Liberties for the National Security Staff and has been a privacy lawyer for ... |
| Dec 22, 2014 | Three white-hot areas for cybersecurity investors in 2015 | The global security market was little more than a cottage industry in 2002, when it was an insular $3.5 billion market dominated by just five vendors. Fast-forward to today and there is — I estimate — $87 billion being spent in 2014, while ... |
| Dec 22, 2014 | Three white-hot areas for cybersecurity investors in 2015 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The global security market was little more than a... |
| Nov 5, 2014 | Majority Of Top Messaging Apps And Tools Fail EFF’s Security Review | It may have taken massive hacks of popular platforms like Apple’s iCloud and messaging app Snapchat to generate mainstream awareness around the fact that any content stored online is vulnerable to attack and exposure. Meanwhile, thanks to r... |
| Oct 31, 2014 | 3 CEOs talk pros, cons of building world-class startups in Maryland | Building a startup 3,000 miles from Silicon Valley isn’t easy. But it can be every bit as rewarding, a panel of founders said at CyberMaryland on Thursday.
The panel, titled “Building a World Class Start-Up in Maryland,” was moderated by Bo... |
| Oct 11, 2014 | Edward Snowden’s Privacy Tips: “Get Rid Of Dropbox,” Avoid Facebook And Google | According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox, Facebook, and Google.
Snowden conducted a remote interview today as part of the New Yorker Festival, whe... |
| Oct 10, 2014 | BlackPhone Co-Founder Jon Callas On Mobilizing Privacy For The Mainstream | BlackPhone co-founder Jon Callas is in London to give a talk at IP Expo — pitching the concept of a secure yet capable smartphone to IT decision makers who, wind back the clock a few years, would have unquestionably bought BlackBerry. Now t... |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Blackphone will pay you cash to hack it — but only if you follow the rules | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The creators of the new encrypted Blackphone want... |
| Sep 3, 2014 | New ultra secure cell phone, Blackphone, is reportedly flying off the shelves | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There is, apparently, a big demand for commercially available encrypted smartphones perhaps impervious to the data demands of spy agenc... |
| Aug 9, 2014 | Father of PGP encryption: Telcos need to get out of bed with governments | Sean Gallagher reader comments 51 with 33 posters participating
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LAS VEGAS—Phil Zimmermann, the creator of Pretty Good Privacy public-key encryption, has some experience whe... |
| Jul 10, 2014 | Vysk QS1 phone case brings encrypted calls to paranoid Samsung and Apple users | Phones hit the headlines for lots of reasons -- the biggest, the most expensive, the shiniest, or just the newest. We live in times in which security and privacy are major concerns for people in all walks of life. The activities of the NSA,... |
| May 22, 2014 | Silent Circle Raises $30 Million And Moves Headquarter To Geneva | |
| May 21, 2014 | Silent Circle Raises $30M In Funding |
WASHINGTON, DC, Global private communications firm revolutionizing mobile device privacy, secure long-distance calling plans and secure smartphones for organizations and individuals alike, has raised $30 million.
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| May 21, 2014 | Silent Circle Raises $30M | Silent Circle, a Nevis, Switzerland, CA-based global private communications company, raised $30m in funding.
The round was led by Ross Perot Jr. and private investment fund Cain Capital LLC. The company also added Ross Perot Jr. and Sir Pet... |
| May 21, 2014 | BlackPhone maker Silent Circle raises $30M, moves to Switzerland | Ron Amadeo reader comments 41 with 29 posters participating
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Silent Circle, maker of the BlackPhone, announced on Wednesday that the company raised $30 million in investment... |
| Mar 28, 2014 | This Stanford team is reinventing the entire Internet for just $10M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If anyone tries to tell you that government grant... |
| Mar 28, 2014 | This Stanford team is reinventing the entire Internet for just $10M | If anyone tries to tell you that government grants play no role in technology innovation, point them to the field of software-defined networking.
And soon, you might be able to point them to open social networking.
Software-defined networki... |
| Feb 27, 2014 | Why this Dutch carrier is the first to sell the Blackphone — the ultimate secure smartphone | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Dutch telecommunications company KPN is understan... |
| Feb 27, 2014 | Why this Dutch carrier is the first to sell the Blackphone — the ultimate secure smartphone | Dutch telecommunications company KPN is understandably concerned about security.
And when it comes to security, it all starts with Jaya Baloo, KPN’s chief information security officer. She’s fraud and security expert a formerly employed by ... |
| Feb 27, 2014 | 5 offbeat finds from Mobile World Congress: A beer brewing app, super-secure phone, and more | Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile industry gathering in Barcelona, may be dominated by huge device announcements from the likes of Samsung. But there are some weird and wonderful demos and products to be found in the hidden corners o... |
| Feb 27, 2014 | 5 offbeat finds from Mobile World Congress: A beer brewing app, super-secure phone, and more | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile industry... |
| Feb 25, 2014 | Everything you wanted to know about the security-focused Blackphone | Ron Amadeo reader comments 65 with 53 posters participating
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BARCELONA, SPAIN—Here at Mobile World Congress, Silent Circle and Geeksphone have just announced more details on... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | A Surprisingly Easy Tool for Encrypting Email, Courtesy of an Ex-NSA Employee | Screenshot via Virtru
Thinking of sending some strictly confidential, top secret information over email? A degree of hesitation would seem appropriate, as most forms of digital communications, be they email, text messaging, social network c... |
| Jan 15, 2014 | Creator of PGP e-mail encryption making secure Android “Blackphone” | Blackphone reader comments 51 with 36 posters participating
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Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP e-mail encryption, is leading a team of security industry executives building an... |
| Jan 15, 2014 | PGP creator’s new ‘Blackphone’ is a secure Android phone that may protect you from the NSA | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It was only a matter of time until someone developed a smartphone entirely focused on security.
Phil Zimmermann, best known among techi... |
| Nov 5, 2013 | NIST To Review Standards After Cryptographers Cry Foul Over NSA Meddling | The federal institute that sets national standards for how government, private citizens and business guard the privacy of their files and communications is reviewing all of its previous recommendations. |
| Nov 1, 2013 | Why we shouldn’t be shocked about the NSA tapping Google and Yahoo | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
These leaks about the NSA are really gumming up t... |
| Oct 31, 2013 | Lavabit Founder Developing New Email Encryption Tool to Keep Government Out | October 31, 2013 3 min read
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After shutting down their email services amid concerns about government surveillance, two companies are partnering up to launch a secure-messaging to... |
| Oct 30, 2013 | Silent Circle and Lavabit launch “DarkMail Alliance” to thwart e-mail spying | Ladar Levison (left), is the founder of Lavabit. Jon Callas and Mike Janke (right) are the co-founders of Silent Circle.
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| Sep 5, 2013 | Latest NSA revelations cast deep doubt on the security of all encrypted data | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You rely on encryption every day, but it isn’t as... |
| Sep 5, 2013 | Latest NSA revelations cast deep doubt on the security of all encrypted data | You rely on encryption every day, but it isn’t as safe from curious government eyes as you once thought it was.
The National Security Agency has broken much of the encryption people use to protect their emails, messages, file transfers, onl... |
| Aug 26, 2013 | How might the feds have snooped on Lavabit? | TheeErin reader comments 257 with 96 posters participating
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In 2004, a 22-year-old technology enthusiast named Ladar Levison hatched a venture that fused his passion for ope... |
| Aug 23, 2013 | In surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messages | Creative Heroes reader comments 70 with 49 posters participating, including story author
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| Aug 13, 2013 | Private and secure file storage service SpiderOak to accept bitcoin | Just days after two secure email services shut down over fears of US government pressure, secure file storage service SpiderOak is to launch a pilot program to accept bitcoin.
The company, which enables users to store their files securely w... |
| Jul 10, 2013 | Online privacy: How much do you have and how can you protect it? | With NSA and Ed Snowden making headlines, along with Facebook on the next run of confusing its users on privacy with its full launch of Facebook Graph Search now rolling out (Australian date not announced just yet), just how far can you pro... |
| May 22, 2013 | Beyond sexting: We should celebrate Snapchat and encourage ephemeral communication | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| May 22, 2013 | Beyond sexting: We should celebrate Snapchat and encourage ephemeral communication | Tarun Wadhwa is a writer, researcher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology and public policy.
You would think that it would be a terrible idea for a company accused of helping teenagers send each other sexually explici... |
| Mar 1, 2013 | Great apps for defeating hackers | (MoneyWatch) It's a dangerous world out there for computer users, with hackers constantly on the prowl for ways to steal passwords, penetrate networks or read people's emails. Even your private voice communications may not be secure since c... |
| Feb 25, 2013 | Remotium embeds a virtual work phone into your actual phone, curing BYOD headaches | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Remotium, a startup helping companies support bri... |
| Feb 25, 2013 | Remotium embeds a virtual work phone into your actual phone, curing BYOD headaches | Remotium, a startup helping companies support bring-your-own-device policies, is proving that BYOD is top of mind for everyone. It won the most innovative startup award at the Innovation Sandbox competition at the computer security-oriented... |
| Feb 18, 2013 | Why developers should start choosing conscience over profit | This is a guest post by Jason Cavnar, the co-founder and CEO of Singly.
Over the holidays, I looked around the living room and saw eight adults over 55 sending text messages, having video conversations with loved ones in other cities, and s... |
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