5 Ways to Make Your Instant Messaging More Secure
The actual number of chat messages sent each day is hard to come by, but with WhatsApp alone accounting for billions of users, you can imagine the sheer volume of ongoing conversations.Not…
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A Shady Chinese Firm’s Encryption Chips Got Inside the US Navy, NATO, and NASA
When WIRED reached out to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, a spokesperson responded that the BIS is restricted by law from commenting to the press on specific…
9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits
Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference this week included an array of announcements about operating system releases and, of course, the company's anticipated mixed-reality headset, Vision…
Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM
In December, Apple announced that it was killing a controversial iCloud photo-scanning tool the company had devised to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in what it said was a…
A Popular Password Hashing Algorithm Starts Its Long Goodbye
When data breaches went from being an occasional threat to a persistent fact of life during the early 2010s, one question would come up again and again as victim organizations, cybersecurity…
73% Indian firms were hit by ransomware attack: Causes, encryption rate and more…
The rate of cyberattacks increased in India in 2022, with 73% of organisations reported that they were a victim of ransomware in 2022, which is up from 57% the previous year, according to a…
Proton’s new Family plan is tempting me to spend even more on encryption
I recently told you I was tempted to switch my password manager from 1Password to Proton Pass, a newly announced service from the Swiss software company Proton. Now, Proton has…
WhatsApp’s ‘encryption’ troubles are back, this time in Spain…
Europan Union (EU) states have debated the implementation of end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) communication platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signalfor years. The member states debated…
Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
Jakubowska, who reviewed the document, says that several countries appear to say they would give police access to people’s encrypted messages and communications. Comments from Cyprus, for…
How to Boost WhatsApp’s Privacy and Better Protect Your Data
While turning on disappearing messages will give you some more privacy, it’s worth remembering that whoever you message could still screenshot or take a photograph of what’s on the screen.In…