Published on: 2025-05-17 18:16:00
What just happened? Google is celebrating Gmail's 21st birthday by introducing new encryption features for enterprise users. The company's latest security system aims to simplify encryption options for businesses of all sizes while providing IT departments with the tools to maintain information integrity. Other updates from this week improved Google Chrome's encryption and allowed Google Fi subscribers to send encrypted RCS messages to iPhones. Starting today, IT departments participating in Go
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 23:16:00
What just happened? Google is celebrating Gmail's 21st birthday by introducing new encryption features for enterprise users. The company's latest security system aims to simplify encryption options for businesses of all sizes while providing IT departments with the tools to maintain information integrity. Other updates from this week improved Google Chrome's encryption and allowed Google Fi subscribers to send encrypted RCS messages to iPhones. Starting today, IT departments participating in Go
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-19 19:40:48
Signal / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Privacy is no longer just a buzzword -- it's entrenched in the ethos of society. But when it comes to getting serious about privacy, the big question is whether consumers are ready to switch from what they currently use to a more private option. And, boy, are there options. Pick up a stone and toss it in a pond filled with apps and services, and you will almost certainly hit one that promises privacy, security, and (sometimes) anonymity for your communicat
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-20 07:00:00
Google is updating Gmail to allow enterprise users to send encrypted messages to any inbox in just a few clicks. Google says it’s developed a new encryption model that, unlike the current encryption feature on Gmail, doesn’t require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. The feature is rolling out in beta starting today, and will initially be available for Google enterprise users to send encrypted emails to other Gmail users within the same organizatio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 21:05:00
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Last August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the first three “post-quantum encryption standards” designed to withstand an attack from a quantum computer. For years, cryptography experts have worried that the advent of quantum computing could spell doom for traditional encryption methods. With the technology now firmly on the horizon, t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 23:00:00
is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. If you hadn’t heard of Signal before this week, chances are you’re well aware of it now. The messaging app was thrust into the news on Monday when The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to a group chat involving top military officials planning an airstrike. Even though it entered the discourse for
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-31 05:45:01
Internet discussions about end-to-end encryption are plagued by misunderstandings, misinformation, and some people totally missing the point. Of course, people being wrong on the Internet isn’t exactly news. XKCD: Duty Calls “What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they’ll keep being wrong!” Yesterday, a story in The Atlantic alleged that the Trump Administration accidentally added their editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a Signal group chat discussing a military action in Yemen. This was quickl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-01 18:43:53
A new multi-platform ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named VanHelsing has emerged, targeting Windows, Linux, BSD, ARM, and ESXi systems. VanHelsing was first promoted on underground cybercrime platforms on March 7, offering experienced affiliates a free pass to join while mandating a deposit of $5,000 from less experienced threat actors. The new ransomware operation was first documented by CYFIRMA late last week, while Check Point Research performed a more in-depth analysis published
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 09:35:11
In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking. Despite heavy pressure from the Interior Ministry, lawmakers voted Thursday night (article in French) to strike down a provision that would have forced messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to allow hidden access to private co
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 14:35:11
In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking. Despite heavy pressure from the Interior Ministry, lawmakers voted Thursday night (article in French) to strike down a provision that would have forced messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to allow hidden access to private co
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 15:48:09
Yesterday, Apple announced that it will be supporting RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in “future software updates.” While this does have one large benefit of bringing end-to-end encryption to iPhone users using RCS, it has a number of other benefits that aren’t yet being mentioned. When Apple introduced RCS messaging to iPhone as part of iOS 18, it supported version 2.4. This still introduced a number of quality of life improvements for texting Android users, such as higher quality images, read recei
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 14:16:26
Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU power to retrieve the decryption key and unlock files for free. Nugroho developed the decryptor after being asked for help from a friend, deeming the encrypted system solvable within a week, based on how Akira generates encryption keys using timestamps. The project ended up taking three weeks due to unforeseen complexities, and the researcher spent $1,200 on GPU resources
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 03:48:09
Yesterday, Apple announced that it will be supporting RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in “future software updates.” While this does have one large benefit of bringing end-to-end encryption to iPhone users using RCS, it has a number of other benefits that aren’t yet being mentioned. When Apple introduced RCS messaging to iPhone as part of iOS 18, it supported version 2.4. This still introduced a number of quality of life improvements for texting Android users, such as higher quality images, read recei
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 05:40:26
Messaging between iPhones and Android devices might become a lot more secure soon. The GSMA, a nonprofit that develops the Rich Communication Services standard, announced Friday that it's adding interoperable encryption to RCS messaging, allowing for end-to-end encryption between different providers. Both Apple and Google collaborated with the GSMA on the protocol. According to The Verge, both companies will implement it. "These procedures ensure that messages and other content such as files re
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 18:09:27
Maria Diaz/ZDNET Apple joined the RCS bandwagon last year, giving its users the ability to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. The only problem? Those messages are not encrypted, exposing them to security risks. Now, Apple will soon eliminate that obstacle. Also: Google Fi users finally get RCS on iPhone - here's how to check if it's activated In a new announcement, Apple said it will add support for encrypted RCS messages in future updates to iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 06:00:20
When RCS messaging became available on the iPhone with the rollout of iOS 18, the technical director of the GSM Association teased that the next major milestone for the messaging standard is the addition of interoperable end-to-end encryption. Now, six months later, GSMA has released an updated set of specifications for RCS messaging, which includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. The new RCS profile will ensure that messages and files remain sa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 04:00:00
Over the past decade, encrypted communication has become the norm for billions of people. Every day, Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp keep billions of messages, photos, videos, and calls private by using end-to-end encryption by default—while Zoom, Discord, and various other services all have options to enable the protection. But despite the technology’s mainstream rise, long-standing threats to weaken encryption keep piling up. Over the past few months, there has been a surge in government and l
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 13:16:58
In collaboration with the GSM Association, Apple today announced it will add support for end-to-end encryption for RCS messages. This brings RCS much closer to iMessage in terms of security standards. The new RCS Universal Profile 3.0 including end-to-encryption was only just released today, so it’s not clear exactly when this support will ship to customers. Apple said it helped lead a cross industry effort to bring end-to-encryption to the RCS Universal Profile … Apple first added RCS support
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 02:00:35
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 02:44:44
Credit: J. Wang/NIST and Shutterstock Last year, NIST standardized a set of encryption algorithms that can keep data secure from a cyberattack by a future quantum computer. Now, NIST has selected a backup algorithm that can provide a second line of defense for the task of general encryption, which safeguards internet traffic and stored data alike. Encryption protects sensitive electronic information, including internet traffic and medical and financial records, as well as corporate and nationa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 17:44:44
Credit: J. Wang/NIST and Shutterstock Last year, NIST standardized a set of encryption algorithms that can keep data secure from a cyberattack by a future quantum computer. Now, NIST has selected a backup algorithm that can provide a second line of defense for the task of general encryption, which safeguards internet traffic and stored data alike. Encryption protects sensitive electronic information, including internet traffic and medical and financial records, as well as corporate and nationa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 01:34:23
This is some really embarrassing timing on the Home Office’s (HO’s) part: a few weeks ago when news first broke of the HO’s demand for a backdoor in Apple ADP, I pointed out to MP David Davis that the HO actually extolled use of ADP by at-risk groups: Hi David, we met at an @OpenRightsGroup thing a few years ago. In your work you may want to reference this advice from NCSC/GCHQ "Cyber security tips for barristers, solicitors and legal professionals"https://t.co/i27tiooooK pic.twitter.com/ksZt3k
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 12:38:33
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud. The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffet, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is no longer recommending that high-risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information. The NCSC in October published a doc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-30 12:34:26
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud. The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffet, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is no longer recommending that high-risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information. The NCSC in October published a doc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-01 16:34:23
This is some really embarrassing timing on the Home Office’s (HO’s) part: a few weeks ago when news first broke of the HO’s demand for a backdoor in Apple ADP, I pointed out to MP David Davis that the HO actually extolled use of ADP by at-risk groups: Hi David, we met at an @OpenRightsGroup thing a few years ago. In your work you may want to reference this advice from NCSC/GCHQ "Cyber security tips for barristers, solicitors and legal professionals"https://t.co/i27tiooooK pic.twitter.com/ksZt3k
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 13:05:00
In the early evening of March 5, 2012, in Cairo, Egyptian revolutionaries stormed the headquarters of the secret police called the State Security Investigations (SSI) service, a building known as “the capital of hell” because of its reputation as a place where ruthless officers tortured prisoners. Inside, protesters found both intact and shredded documents, torture devices, hard drives, and CDs, and DVDs — all documenting nightmarish torture and widespread surveillance. Among the documents, pr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 09:53:08
In a world in which privacy is a hot-button issue, we might have expected Brits to be outraged that their government was responsible for Apple withdrawing Advanced Data Protection from the UK. In reality, it’s gone largely unremarked. A new Bloomberg piece suggests that’s because people care far less about privacy than they claim. While I do think there’s some truth to that, it’s not the primary reason … What is Advanced Data Protection? To start from the beginning for non-techies, there are
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 02:45:42
Just in time for 10 years of Tuta/Tutanota, we are launching the most significant security upgrade of Tuta Mail with TutaCrypt. This groundbreaking post-quantum encryption protocol will secure emails with a hybrid protocol combining state-of-the-art quantum-safe algorithms with traditional algorithms (AES/ECC) making Tuta Mail the world's first email provider that can protect emails from quantum computer attacks. We are excited to announce that with this release we are enabling quantum-safe enc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 17:08:00
What just happened? Apple has caved to pressure from the UK government and scrapped its toughest encryption safeguards for new users nationwide. As of this week, new iPhone owners in the country are being stripped of Apple's uber-secure "Advanced Data Protection" feature. Meanwhile, existing ADP users will have to disable the feature manually during an unspecified grace period. The about-face comes after months of Apple pushing back against demands that it create a backdoor to allow government
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 05:30:17
Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company's most powerful data protection tools, as first reported by Bloomberg. The feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), allows iPhone users to add optional end-to-end encryption to a variety of iCloud data. The move comes amid an ongoing dispute between Apple and the UK over a government order that would require the company to build a backdoor to allow British security officials to access the encrypted data of users globally. "ADP protec
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