Evolution of Ransomware: Multi-Extortion Ransomware Attacks

Multi-extortion ransomware relies on stolen data to pressure victims with public leaks. Penta Security explains how its D.AMO ...
Mashable

Meta pulling end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs

Meta is pulling its end-to-end encryption option on Instagram DMs. The company announced the change in an update to its support page and via alerts to users in the app, writing: End-to-end encrypted ...
IEEE

A Combined Cryptography and Error Correction System based on Enhanced AES and LDPC

Abstract: Any military organization nowadays depend on networks and communications. Sensitive data that is essential to national security relies on these networks and applications. As a result, the ...
IEEE

Combined AES-256 Encryption with MATLAB and Verilog HDL Biometric Authentication

Abstract: This research provides a Biometric-based AES-256 Encryption and Decryption Authentication System that combines cutting-edge cryptographic methods with fingerprint identification to offer ...
MacRumors

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security ...
GitHub

Offline Electron app for AES-256-CBC file encryption/decryption

Securely encrypt any file (AES-256-CBC via WebCrypto) and export an encrypted file Generate and securely copy your Base64-encoded key and IV Decrypt previously encrypted files locally with the correct ...
ZDNet

The best email encryption software: Expert tested

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Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
Techlicious

WhatsApp Embroiled in Privacy Controversy - What to Use Instead

End-to-end encryption (nicknamed E2EE) has been a major selling point of Meta's WhatsApp messenger since the feature was introduced in 2016. In short, true E2EE ensures that texts, calls, images, and ...
PC Magazine

Report: Microsoft Hands Over Keys for BitLocker-Encrypted Data to FBI

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...
New Scientist

End-to-end encryption: Best ideas of the century

We all keep secrets. Whether you are trying to protect messages to loved ones, company accounts or vital state intelligence, the technology that allows you peace of mind in our increasingly online ...
The Hacker News

VolkLocker Ransomware Exposed by Hard-Coded Master Key Allowing Free Decryption

The pro-Russian hacktivist group known as CyberVolk (aka GLORIAMIST) has resurfaced with a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker that suffers from implementation lapses in test ...