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Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers
2023-09-20 20:28

Signal has adopted a new key agreement protocol in an effort to keep encrypted Signal chat messages protected from any future quantum computers. Quantum computers - which every decade experts believe may be able to crack today's encryption schemes within the next decade or two - aren't particularly useful at the moment.

Bing Chat AI is down, affecting Windows Copilot and more
2023-09-15 11:36

Bing Chat, the famous ChatGPT-powered chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics has connectivity issues worldwide. BleepingComputer can confirm Bing Chat is not working in Asia and United States.

UK admits 'spy clause' can't be used for scanning encrypted chat – it's not 'feasible'
2023-09-07 10:09

Comment Sanity appears to have prevailed in the debate over the UK Online Safety bill after the government agreed to ditch proposals - at least for the time being - to legislate the scanning of encrypted messages. In response to questions regarding the technical feasibility of scanning messages and the assessments that Ofcom must make, Lord Parkinson, a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport minister, said: "If the appropriate technology does not exist that meets these requirements, then Ofcom will not be able to use Clause 122 to require its use."

Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe
2023-09-02 07:55

Video Efforts by cops to seize and shut down encrypted messaging apps favored by criminals, and then mine their conversations for evidence, appear to have led to more arrests - plus the seizure of about 2.7 tonnes of cocaine. Europol on Friday celebrated its "Dismantling of a large drug-trafficking organization," following an investigation into a Balkan cartel that was suspected of smuggling coke into Europe from South America via sea.

Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks
2023-08-17 09:39

The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a variant of a malware called Duke, which has been attributed to APT29. "The threat actor used Zulip - an open-source chat application - for command-and-control, to evade and hide its activities behind legitimate web traffic," Dutch cybersecurity company EclecticIQ said in an analysis last week.

Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data
2023-08-03 09:26

Staff at NHS Lanarkshire - which serves over half a million Scottish residents - used WhatsApp to swap photos and personal info about patients, including children's names and addresses. This, the watchdog said, "Demonstrates that information governance expectations regarding WhatsApp were not understood by staff involved in the WhatsApp Group."

Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats
2023-08-03 06:38

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that it identified a set of highly targeted social engineering attacks mounted by a Russian nation-state threat actor using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats. Microsoft said the campaign, observed since at least late May 2023, affected less than 40 organizations globally spanning government, non-government organizations, IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors.

Hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data with fake Android chat app
2023-07-31 19:26

Hackers are using a fake Android app named 'SafeChat' to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones. The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of "Coverlm," which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.

BreachForums database and private chats for sale in hacker data breach
2023-07-27 21:36

While consumers are usually the ones worried about their information being exposed in data breaches, it's now the hacker's turn, as the notorious Breached cybercrime forum's database is up for sale and member data shared with Have I Been Pwned. Yesterday, the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service announced that visitors can check if their information was exposed in a data breach of the Breached cybercrime forum.

Hands on with GPT-4-powered Bing AI Chat's virtual search
2023-07-19 21:20

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