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Wickr announced the general availability of “Global Federation”, a feature that will allow enterprise and government entities to securely communicate using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) with individual users and mission critical partners outside of thei… Continue reading Wickr Global Federation feature allows enterprise and govt entities to securely communicate using E2EE
It is a mathematical certainty that data is more protected by communication products that provide end-to-end encryption (E2EE). Yet, many CISOs are required to prioritize regulatory requirements before data protection when considering the corporate use… Continue reading End-to-end encrypted communication mitigates enterprise security risk and ensures compliance
Wickr announced the launch of its Federal Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance on the company’s federal strategy to connect end users with secure collaboration for mission-critical needs. Members of the Wickr Federal Advisory Board include (in … Continue reading Wickr launches Federal Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance on the company’s federal strategy
Recently messaging applications got hit hard with vulnerabilities, hacking attempt disclosures by nation-states and insider employee inappropriate behaviors. As organizations continue to prioritize cybersecurity, outfitting their infrastructure with th… Continue reading Slack + Snapchat = AppSec? Breaking down the complexity of messaging apps
A leaked Facebook document gives more detail on the type of firearm parts that the social network does not allow people to sell peer-to-peer. Continue reading Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
On Thursday, Wickr announced that paying, and soon free, users will be able to route their Wickr traffic through a network used to circumvent internet censorship, which could be useful for users in Iran, Russia, or perhaps China. Continue reading After Google and Amazon Drop Anti-Censorship Support, Wickr Steps In
Encrypted collaboration app Wickr has added a feather to its cap with a partnership with Psiphon, provider of smart VPN tools. Wickr will use Psiphon’s tech to guarantee your packets get where they need to go regardless of whether you’re at home, at a cafe with bad wi-fi, or at a cafe with bad wi-fi in China. Continue reading Wickr teams up with Psiphon to ensure your packets arrive safely no matter where you are
It’s old news that Uber has legal troubles on its plate – but the plot has thickened considerably in recent weeks. Continue reading Massive Uber data scraping and secret servers exposed in Waymo suit
Keybase is quickly becoming the free and open source way to do anything on a computer with the added benefit of encryption. Two years after nabbing a $10.8 million investment, the tool announced “encrypted git” software designed to create end-to-end encrypted file repositories for individuals and teams. Last month, the company announced Keybase Teams as an encrypted competitor to Slack. That follows Keybase Chat, introduced earlier this year, designed to bring encrypted messaging across social networks. “It is end-to-end encrypted,” the team wrote in a blog post. “It’s hosted, like, say, GitHub, but only you (and teammates) can decrypt any of it. To Keybase, all is but a garbled mess. To you, it’s a regular checkout with no extra steps. Even your repository names and branch names are encrypted, and thus unreadable by Keybase staff or infiltrators. We think this is better than paying a fee to store it in plaintext. Remember, it is impossible to delete […]
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Silent Circle’s move to Switzerland in 2014 caused a huge stir. Just after Edward Snowden became a household name, the up-and-coming American tech firm boasting cybersecurity elder statesman Phil Zimmerman bolted from the Western hemisphere in the name of Swiss privacy laws and international neutrality. Three years later, Silent Circle is back in the United States. With relatively little fanfare and following millions of dollars in losses, the mobile security firm is now headquartered in Washington, D.C. It’s focusing on software security products instead of the hardware that initially earned global attention, and it’s aiming to ramp up sales to federal government as cybersecurity and IT modernization remains a focal point, CEO Gregg Smith told CyberScoop. The company recently signed partnerships with Dell and Cog Systems to that end. Among the active government customers Smith described are law enforcement units on the U.S.-Mexico border that employ Silent Circle software to guard against “the cartel’s 91 listening posts,” he said, which […]
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