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Meta ditches end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram

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Meta ditches end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram 2026-03-16 at 13:49 By Sinisa Markovic End-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8, 2026. Meta justified the move by saying the feature was rarely used, with only a small fraction of Instagram users enabling encryption. The company advised users seeking end-to-end encryption […]

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Certificate lifespans are shrinking and most organizations aren’t ready

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Certificate lifespans are shrinking and most organizations aren’t ready 2026-03-16 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz The push for shorter TLS certificate lifespans has been building for years. It started with Google’s internal push toward 90-day certificates, which gained traction inside the industry before resistance from enterprise customers slowed things down. Then Apple proposed 47-day certificates,

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EU Parliament backs extension of CSAM detection rules until 2027

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EU Parliament backs extension of CSAM detection rules until 2027 2026-03-13 at 14:19 By Anamarija Pogorelec The European Parliament has voted to extend a temporary exemption to EU privacy legislation that allows online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The extension prolongs a derogation from the EU’s ePrivacy Directive, which was set

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Quantum Decryption of RSA is Much Closer than Expected

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Quantum Decryption of RSA is Much Closer than Expected 2026-03-03 at 16:38 By Kevin Townsend For decades, the quantum threat to RSA and ECC encryption has been tied to Shor’s algorithm and the assumption that we would need million-qubit quantum computers to make it practical. A newly announced algorithm challenges that assumption and suggests the

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EFF calls out major tech companies on encryption promises

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EFF calls out major tech companies on encryption promises 2026-01-30 at 10:33 By Sinisa Markovic The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has introduced a new campaign called Encrypt It Already, focused on expanding the use of end-to-end encryption in consumer technology products and services. The effort examines public security commitments and the current availability of encryption

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A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest

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A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest 2026-01-22 at 04:57 By Sinisa Markovic Financial institutions now have a concrete method for deciding where post-quantum cryptography belongs on their security roadmaps. New research coordinated by Europol sets out a scoring framework that helps banks rank systems and business use cases

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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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Manufacturing is becoming a test bed for ransomware shifts

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Manufacturing is becoming a test bed for ransomware shifts 2025-12-15 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Manufacturing leaders may feel that ransomware risk has settled, but new data shows the threat is shifting in ways that require attention, according to a Sophos report. A global survey of 332 IT and security leaders outlines how attackers are

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Help Net Security Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, is built for anyone who wants email that stays private. Instead of treating encryption like a bonus feature, the service encrypts almost everything by default. That means your messages are locked down from the moment

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Niobium Raises $23 Million for FHE Hardware Acceleration

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Niobium Raises $23 Million for FHE Hardware Acceleration 2025-12-03 at 16:04 By Ionut Arghire The startup will invest the funds in accelerating development of its second-generation fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) platforms. The post Niobium Raises $23 Million for FHE Hardware Acceleration appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Tor Project is rolling out Counter Galois Onion encryption

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Tor Project is rolling out Counter Galois Onion encryption 2025-11-25 at 17:04 By Sinisa Markovic People who rely on Tor expect their traffic to move through the network without giving away who they are. That trust depends on the strength of the encryption that protects each hop. Tor developers are preparing a major upgrade called

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Quantum encryption is pushing satellite hardware to its limits

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Quantum encryption is pushing satellite hardware to its limits 2025-11-24 at 09:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Colonel Ludovic Monnerat, Commander Space Command, Swiss Armed Forces, discusses how securing space assets is advancing in response to emerging quantum threats. He explains why satellite systems must move beyond traditional cryptography to remain

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Retailers are learning to say no to ransom demands

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Retailers are learning to say no to ransom demands 2025-11-06 at 07:45 By Anamarija Pogorelec Ransomware remains one of the biggest operational risks for retailers, but the latest data shows a shift in how these attacks unfold. Fewer incidents now lead to data encryption, recovery costs have dropped, and businesses are bouncing back faster. Yet

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Apple strengthens storage flexibility with new disk image formats

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Apple strengthens storage flexibility with new disk image formats 2025-10-03 at 08:04 By Sinisa Markovic Apple’s release of macOS 26 Tahoe introduced a new disk image format and updated an older one, both of which are drawing attention from system testers and forensic examiners. Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF) The Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF)

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OpenSSL 3.6.0: New features, crypto support

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OpenSSL 3.6.0: New features, crypto support 2025-10-02 at 17:54 By Anamarija Pogorelec The OpenSSL Project has announced the release of OpenSSL 3.6.0, a feature update that brings significant functionality improvements, standards compliance, and a few key deprecations that developers and security teams will need to keep in mind. Key cryptographic enhancements OpenSSL 3.6.0 introduces several

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Google Drive for desktop will spot, stop and remedy ransomware damage

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Google Drive for desktop will spot, stop and remedy ransomware damage 2025-10-01 at 16:33 By Zeljka Zorz Google has rolled out AI-powered ransomware detection and file restoration features in Drive for desktop, Google’s official file syncing and access app for Windows and macOS. Currently in open beta, this new layer of defense is not meant

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GitHub adds post-quantum protection for SSH access

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GitHub adds post-quantum protection for SSH access 2025-09-16 at 12:05 By Sinisa Markovic GitHub is adding post-quantum cryptography to secure SSH connections, a move that signals the company’s preparation for a time when current encryption may no longer be safe. What GitHub is changing GitHub has introduced a new type of SSH key that combines

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal 2025-09-09 at 10:22 By Mirko Zorz Nearly 500 scientists and researchers have signed an open letter warning that the latest version of the EU’s Chat Control Proposal would weaken digital security while failing to deliver meaningful protection for children. The signatories represent 34 countries

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FTC Calls on Tech Firms to Resist Foreign Anti-Encryption Demands

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FTC Calls on Tech Firms to Resist Foreign Anti-Encryption Demands 2025-08-26 at 11:03 By Eduard Kovacs Tech giants have received a letter from the FTC urging them not to weaken security and privacy at the request of foreign governments. The post FTC Calls on Tech Firms to Resist Foreign Anti-Encryption Demands appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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