The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the ...

Instagram to drop end-to-end encryption by May 2026. Meta focuses on privacy in WhatsApp, not Instagram. Limited adoption of E2EE on Instagram influenced decision. Meta announced last week that the ...

At New America, our work spans across five issue areas—each essential to building a nation and a world where everyone can thrive. For over 25 years, New America’s insights and policy solutions have ...

A new encryption initiative from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urges large technology and communications companies to follow through on previously made data and privacy protection promises ...

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 ...

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 ...

There has been a significant rise in ransomware campaigns which do not rely on encryption as cybercriminal extortion groups shift their operations. An increasing number of cybercriminals are relying ...

Seravault is a progressive web app that allows users to encrypt confidential information and securely share with others. The app implements end-to-end encryption so that the man-in-the-middle attack ...

With so much hacking, scamming, theft, and spying in the digital world, encryption is becoming more popular. You see it in messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, in secure connections to websites ...

America’s grand strategy is in turmoil. Over the past decade, power shifts, territorial disputes, and the faltering of international institutions have fueled an increasingly heated debate about what ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect ...