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Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore

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Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore 2026-09-30 at 12:31 By Sinisa Markovic Signal users who switch from an Android phone to an iPhone, or the other way around, can take their message history with them, and backups can be restored on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. The option […]

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced 2026-07-29 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A ransomware hit lands a chemical plant in a safe state. Nobody is hurt, the site holds steady, and the operators begin the restart. The systems stay down. Every attempt to bring them online meets […]

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Nobody was checking the drives that encrypt your laptop

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Nobody was checking the drives that encrypt your laptop 2026-07-21 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec A drive ships with a label promising hardware encryption. You plug it in, set a password, and trust the chip inside to handle the rest. Millions of laptops and workstations run this way, on solid-state drives built to the TCG […]

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A hard drive reliability check on 341,263 drives, from 4TB to past 20TB

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A hard drive reliability check on 341,263 drives, from 4TB to past 20TB 2026-07-17 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Large cloud storage operators track their hard drives every day, recording which units keep running and which ones drop off the racks. Backblaze does this at scale, and its Q1 2026 report covers a fleet built […]

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The endpoint recovery gap many teams discover during an incident

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The endpoint recovery gap many teams discover during an incident 2026-07-02 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, IGEL CTO Matthias Haas explains why backups alone do not equal recovery. He makes the case that endpoint recovery is often overlooked, leaving organizations exposed when thousands of devices go down at […]

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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups

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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups 2026-05-05 at 13:21 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta has updated its infrastructure for protecting password-based and end-to-end encrypted backups, introducing over-the-air fleet key distribution for Messenger and a commitment to publishing evidence of secure fleet deployments. How encrypted backups work These updates build on the company’s HSM-based Backup Key […]

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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs

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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs 2026-04-30 at 15:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 is a maintenance and feature update built on Debian 13.4 “Trixie” that adds S3-compatible object storage as a supported backend and introduces parallel processing for sync jobs. The server ships the new […]

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Sandisk brings SPRandom to open source for large SSD testing

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Sandisk brings SPRandom to open source for large SSD testing 2026-02-03 at 15:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec Enterprise storage environments already run long qualification cycles as solid-state drive capacities rise and validation teams try to mirror production workloads. Preconditioning steps now consume days of lab time for a single device, especially in data centers supporting AI […]

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CISO and CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses how messaging platforms have become critical infrastructure during crises and conflicts. He explains how it influences cybersecurity priorities, from encryption and abuse prevention […]

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Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client

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Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client 2025-12-31 at 09:29 By Sinisa Markovic Duplicati is an open source backup client that creates encrypted, incremental, compressed backup sets and sends them to cloud storage services or remote file servers. What the project is and where it runs Duplicati operates as a client side application designed to back up […]

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Product showcase: NAKIVO v11.1 advances MSP service delivery with secure multi-tenant management

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Product showcase: NAKIVO v11.1 advances MSP service delivery with secure multi-tenant management 2025-12-19 at 08:24 By Help Net Security NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.1 brings a host of benefits to MSPs and their clients. It eliminates the need for client-side port configuration, enhances security with encrypted multi-platform support, and introduces automated failover capabilities. These features […]

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SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor

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SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor 2025-11-06 at 15:30 By Zeljka Zorz Incident responders from Mandiant have wrapped up their investigation into the SonicWall cloud backup service hack, and the verdict is in: the culprit is a state-sponsored threat actor (though the specific nation wasn’t disclosed). “[The incident] was isolated […]

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Messaging service WhatsApp is launching passkey-encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android, allowing users to encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen-lock code. Backups have long been a weak link in messaging-security. Even if chats […]

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Attackers compromised ALL SonicWall firewall configuration backup files

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Attackers compromised ALL SonicWall firewall configuration backup files 2025-10-09 at 15:41 By Zeljka Zorz The attackers who brute-forced their way into SonicWall’s firewall cloud backup service accessed configuration backup files of all customers who have used the service, SonicWall stated on Wednesday, following the conclusion of a Mandiant-supported investigation into the incident. Early reports suggested […]

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Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-30247)

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Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-30247) 2025-09-30 at 14:11 By Zeljka Zorz Western Digital has fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-30247) in the firmware powering its My Cloud network-attached storage (NAS) devices, and has urged users to upgrade as soon as possible. About CVE-2025-30247 Western Digital’s My Cloud […]

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history

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Signal adds secure backup option for chat history 2025-09-09 at 10:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Losing a phone can mean losing years of conversations. Signal is rolling out a new secure backup feature to help users keep their messages safe without giving up privacy. The problem with lost chats Signal has long avoided cloud backups because […]

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Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux

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Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux 2025-08-25 at 08:21 By Help Net Security Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool that lets you create encrypted snapshots of your files and store them in cloud storage, on a remote server, on network-attached storage, or on your own computer. It doesn’t create a […]

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Product showcase: iStorage datAshur PRO+C encrypted USB flash drive

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Product showcase: iStorage datAshur PRO+C encrypted USB flash drive 2025-08-21 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec The iStorage datAshur PRO+C is a USB-C flash drive featuring AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption. Available in capacities from 32 GB to 512 GB, the drive holds FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certification and operates without the need for software, making it […]

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Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution

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Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution 2025-08-20 at 17:33 By Zeljka Zorz Commvault has fixed four security vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise on-premises deployments of its flagship backup and replication suite. Technical details about the vulnerabilities have been published on Wednesday by researchers at watchTowr Labs, who […]

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Product showcase: iStorage diskAshur PRO3

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Product showcase: iStorage diskAshur PRO3 2025-07-22 at 10:13 By Anamarija Pogorelec Data breaches seem to pop up in the news every other week, so it’s no surprise that keeping sensitive information safe has jumped to the top of the priority list for just about every industry. Hardware-encrypted drives like the iStorage diskAshur PRO3 address this […]

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