Collaborate Disseminate
Matrix—the organization behind an open source project that offers a protocol for secure and decentralized real-time communication—has suffered a massive cyber attack after unknown attackers gained access to the servers hosting its official website and … Continue reading Encrypted Messaging Project “Matrix” Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack
WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook and accessing other features on the three Facebook-owned … Continue reading Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage
Security researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app for Windows and Linux desktops which could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code on recipients system just by sending a mess… Continue reading Severe Bug Discovered in Signal Messaging App for Windows and Linux
Bitmessage developers have warned of a critical ‘remotely executable’ zero-day vulnerability in the PyBitmessage application that was being exploited in the wild.
Bitmessage is a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communications protocol used to send encrypted messag… Continue reading Hackers Exploiting ‘Bitmessage’ Zero-Day to Steal Bitcoin Wallet Keys
A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and Signal messaging apps.
Considering protection against three types of attackers—malicious user, network attacker, and… Continue reading WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow ‘Potential Attackers’ to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats
WARNING: If you are Turkish and using or have installed ByLock—a little-known encrypted messaging app—you could be detained by Turkish authorities.
You might be thinking why???
Because using this app in Turkish is illegal since last year.
The background story begins here…
Remember the deadliest Turkey’s failed coup attempt?
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In July 2016, a section of the Turkish military
Continue reading 75,000 Turks Arrested So Far for Downloading Encrypted Messaging App
WhatsApp and Facebook have so far the largest end-to-end encrypted video calling network of all, but now another popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app recommended by whistleblower Edward Snowden is ready to give them a really tough competition.
T… Continue reading Signal Messaging App Rolls Out Encrypted Video Calling
Two Researchers have discovered a couple of vulnerabilities in Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app recommended by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
One of those vulnerabilities could allow potential attackers to add random data to the a… Continue reading Using ‘Signal’ for Encrypted Chats? You Shouldn’t Skip Its Next Update
Yet another war on Encryption!
France and Germany are asking the European Union for new laws that would require mobile messaging services to decrypt secure communications on demand and make them available to law enforcement agencies.
French and Germa… Continue reading Germany and France declare War on Encryption to Fight Terrorism
In Brief
Viber, the popular mobile messaging app announced Tuesday that it has added full end-to-end encryption for video, voice and text message services for its millions of users.
Here, the end-to-end encryption means only you and the person you are… Continue reading Viber adds End-to-End Encryption and PIN protected Hidden Chats features