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Meta Launches Default End-to-End Encryption for Chats and Calls on Messenger
2023-12-07 05:52

Meta has officially begun to roll out support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messenger for personal calls and one-to-one personal messages by default in what it called the "most significant...

Quick Glossary: Encryption
2023-11-20 16:00

The best way to accomplish the important task of securing business data is with sophisticated encryption systems. This glossary from TechRepublic Premium covers encryption vocabulary and helps you make sense of this important security infrastructure.

Bug hunters on your marks: TETRA radio encryption algorithms to enter public domain
2023-11-14 08:00

A set of encryption algorithms used to secure emergency radio communications will enter the public domain after an about-face by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The algorithms are used by TETRA - short for the Terrestrial Trunked Radio protocol - and they are operated by governments, law enforcement, military and emergency services organizations in Europe, the UK, and other countries.

Windows 11 to let admins mandate SMB encryption for outbound connections
2023-10-25 18:34

Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel. SMB encryption provides data end-to-end encryption and can be enabled on a per-share basis for the entire file server or when mapping drives using Windows Admin Center, Windows PowerShell, or UNC Hardening.

Element users are asking for protection against government encryption busting
2023-10-24 14:30

Element, one of the companies behind decentralized comms platform Matrix, says customers are asking it to insert a protective clause from the encryption-busting element of UK government's Online Safety Bill. Civil liberty campaigners aren't best pleased with the direction of travel, and Matthew Hodgeson, Matrix technical co-founder and Element CEO, has himself been a vocal opponent of the encryption component of OSB. He told us last month: "The government saying 'no scanning until it's technically feasible' is nonsense. Scanning is fundamentally incompatible with end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. Scanning bypasses the encryption in order to scan, exposing your messages to attackers."

Microsoft warns of incorrect BitLocker encryption errors
2023-10-10 21:47

Microsoft warned customers this week of incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors being shown in some managed Windows environments. The issue also only impacts environments where drive encryption is enforced for OS and fixed drives.

Intel Innovation 2023: Attestation and Fully Homomorphic Encryption Coming to Intel Cloud Services
2023-09-21 16:16

The second day of announcements at Intel's Innovation event in San Jose, California focused on privacy and security, including confidential AI. Major announcements included an attestation service for Intel Trust Authority and a software toolkit for fully homomorphic encryption. An attestation service will join the Intel Trust Authority, a security assessment platform released in 2022.

Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol
2023-09-20 13:29

Signal has announced that it upgraded its end-to-end communication protocol to use quantum-resistant encryption keys to protect users from future attacks. For communication apps, like Signal, that use end-to-end encryption to protect communication between two parties, the concern is that encrypted communications can be intercepted and deciphered to expose the contents of the communication.

Signal Messenger Introduces PQXDH Quantum-Resistant Encryption
2023-09-20 09:29

Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced an update to the Signal Protocol to add support for quantum resistance by upgrading the Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) specification to...

New quantum random number generator could revolutionize encryption
2023-09-08 04:30

Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption developed at Linköping University. Experimental setup of the quantum random number generator.