FBI Director Christopher Wray says tech companies should let law enforcement...
As FBI director, Christopher Wray has called on tech companies to make it easier for law enforcement to crack into encrypted messages.The FBI has spent nearly a decade trying to get Facebook and Apple,...
View ArticleZoom isn't beefing up security for free users so that it's better able to...
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, millions of people around the world were suddenly using Zoom, putting the videoconferencing software ahead of rivals like Google Meet and Microsoft's Skype.A number...
View ArticleZoom now plans to offer end-to-end encryption to free users, not just paying...
Zoom now says it plans to offer end-to-end encryption to all users — free and paid.Zoom's previous plan to only offer it to paying customers was met with backlash, especially after CEO Eric Yuan said...
View ArticlePolice say they cracked a secret, global chat system used to plot murders and...
European law-enforcement agencies said on Thursday they had infiltrated a secret global criminal chat system used to plot the murder of rival criminals, money laundering, and the selling of illegal...
View ArticleA prominent senator is calling out Twitter following its massive hack for not...
Sen. Ron Wyden said that Jack Dorsey told him in 2018 that Twitter was working on encrypted private messages, the senator said in a statement to Business Insider."It has been nearly two years since our...
View ArticleWhat to know about Signal, the secure messaging app that keeps all of your...
Summary List PlacementJust this year, Signal has become one of the most popular messaging apps around. Favored by tech giants, cybersecurity experts, journalists, government officials, and many more,...
View ArticleThe US and 6 other countries are pressuring tech companies to weaken...
Summary List PlacementThe US and six of its allies are calling on big tech companies to weaken encryption in order to make it easier for law enforcement to break into messaging apps like iMessage or...
View ArticleThe CTO of IBM Security explains its new big bet on homomorphic encryption,...
Summary List PlacementIBM launched a new service on Thursday that allows companies to experiment with homomorphic encryption, the tongue-twisting process that has been simultaneously seen as the future...
View ArticleHackers believed to have stolen Treasury Department's encryption keys, says...
Summary List PlacementHackers who broke into the US government's computer systems appear to have stolen encryption keys, potentially giving them access to the email accounts of top officials, US Sen....
View ArticleSignal's CEO reveals how it became a red-hot alternative to WhatsApp without...
Summary List PlacementSignal is undeniably having a moment.The encrypted messaging app has soared to the top of the charts for free app downloads on the Google and Apple app stores, where it's floated...
View ArticleAs Signal downloads surge, employees are reportedly worried the messaging app...
Summary List PlacementEmployees at encrypted-messaging app Signal are worried that an explosion in growth— prompted by users moving over from rival WhatsApp — could cause extremism to spread on the...
View ArticleHow to encrypt a Microsoft Word document by locking it with a password
Summary List PlacementIf you've ever worked in a job that required typing, there's a good chance that you've used Microsoft Word. And depending on your job, you might have to use Word to create...
View ArticleHow businesses should respond to a ransomware attack, according to the CEO of...
Summary List PlacementAccording to a 2019 study from Cybersecurity Ventures and Cisco, US businesses succumb to a ransomware attack on average every 11 seconds, meaning that thousands of small and...
View ArticlePolice arrested hundreds of suspected criminals after tricking them into...
Summary List PlacementPolice around the world arrested more than 800 people in a vast sting operation where suspects were tricked into using a messaging app controlled by the FBI.Officers from 20...
View ArticleAmazon considered buying messaging app Signal before acquiring Wickr, sources...
Summary List PlacementAmazon considered making a bid for the encrypted-messaging app Signal before acquiring Wickr, Insider has learned.Amazon announced on Friday that it's buying Wickr, an...
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