Collaborate Disseminate
Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and adminis… Continue reading Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement
CVE-2024-8190, an OS command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) v4.6, is under active exploitation. Details about the attacks are still unknown, but there may be more in the near future: Horizon3.ai researchers have publis… Continue reading PoC exploit for exploited Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance flaw released (CVE-2024-8190)
Signal has announced an upgrade to its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol to protect users of its popular messaging app from encryption-breaking attacks through quantum computers. Getting ready for quantum computing “Quantum computing represen… Continue reading Signal takes a quantum leap with E2EE protocol upgrade
In September 2023, Google Chrome will stop showing the lock icon when a site loads over HTTPS, partly due to the now ubiquitous use of the protocol. The misunderstood Lock icon It took many years, but the unceasing push by Google, other browser makers … Continue reading Google Chrome will lose the “lock” icon for HTTPS-secured sites
Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in secure communication by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect anything hidden. The team, led by the University of Oxford in close c… Continue reading New algorithm may change the future of secure communication
Researchers have discovered cryptographic vulnerabilities in Swiss-based secure messaging application Threema that may have allowed attackers to do things like break authentication or recover users’ long-term private keys. The vulnerabilities have been… Continue reading Crypto audit of Threema revealed many vulnerabilities
The attacker behind the recent Twilio data breach may have accessed phone numbers and SMS registration codes for 1,900 users of the popular secure messaging app Signal. “Among the 1,900 phone numbers, the attacker explicitly searched for three nu… Continue reading 1,900 Signal users exposed following Twilio breach
The point of security is to control your data. You get to decide who sees data and who does not. Both encryption and access control are designed to permit authorized people to access files, data, networks or devices and keep unauthorized people from g… Continue reading How Sky Global was Indicted for Selling Security
Starting next week, Zoom users – both those who are on one of the paid plans and those who use it for free – will be able to try out the solution’s new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option. In this first rollout phase, all meeting part… Continue reading All Zoom users get end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option next week
Video conferencing platform Zoom is finally offering all users the option to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure their accounts against credential stuffing attacks and attacks leveraging phished login credentials. How to enable Zoom 2FA on… Continue reading How to add 2FA to your Zoom account