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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz

Posted on December 3, 2024 by BrianKrebs

Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz — that attract scammers with rock-bottom prices and no meaningful registration requirements, new research finds. Meanwhile, the nonprofit entity that oversees the domain name industry is moving forward with plans to introduce a slew of new gTLDs. Continue reading Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz→

Choosing the right secure messaging app for your organization

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Mirko Zorz

In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses what organizations should look for in secure messaging apps, including encryption, privacy standards, and ease of integration. Shnell also covers the need for a multi-lay… Continue reading Choosing the right secure messaging app for your organization→

Automattic Acquires Beeper

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Paul Thurrott

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Akismet, announced today that it has acquired Beeper, makers of the universal messaging app of the same name.
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Meta introduces default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Facebook

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Helga Labus

Meta is introducing default end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats and calls across Messenger and Facebook, the company revealed on Wednesday. Rolling out E2EE for Messenger and Facebook E2EE ensures that messages content is only visible to the person … Continue reading Meta introduces default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Facebook→

Beepberry Brings Memory LCD and a Physical Keyboard to Your Pi

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A BlackBerry Classic-sized device with a BlackBerry keyboard and an e-ink screen. It sits next to an e-ink smartwatch with a grey bezel that matches the 3d printed enclosure of the messaging device.

As the 2020s are seeing the return of the flip phone, could we see a rebirth of other device form factors from before the slab era? [Eric Migicovsky] and [SQFMI] …read more Continue reading Beepberry Brings Memory LCD and a Physical Keyboard to Your Pi→

PQShield published a white paper that lays out the quantum threat to secure end-to-end messaging and explains how post-quantum cryptography (PQC) can be added to the Signal secure messaging protocol to protect it from quantum attacks. The company is of… Continue reading Researchers publish post-quantum upgrade to the Signal protocol→

Getting Started with hMailServer

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Michael Reinders

hMailServer is a free email server for organizations, businesses, and… Continue reading Getting Started with hMailServer→

SMS firewall revenue to reach $4.1 billion in 2026

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Help Net Security

Total SMS firewall revenue will increase from $911 million in 2021 to $4.1 billion in 2026; representing an absolute growth of 346%, a Juniper Research study has found. SMS firewalls are third-party solutions that sit within operator networks; enabling… Continue reading SMS firewall revenue to reach $4.1 billion in 2026→

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