Tag: encryption
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Meta Permanently Disables EndEnd Encryption for Instagram DMs
Meta has announced plans to permanently turn off end-to-end encryption for Instagram Direct Messages. Effective May 8, 2026, the social media platform will officially cease support for this critical security feature. This decision marks a significant change in how user communications are protected on the platform, moving away from cryptographic models that previously prevented third-party…
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Meta to Shut Down Instagram EndEnd Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026.”If you have chats that are impacted by this change, you will see instructions on how you can download any media or messages you may want to keep,” the social media giant said in a help document.…
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Application-Level Encryption: Enable Applications to Interact with Encrypted Files
When applications require access to sensitive and protected data, challenges and obstacles are the norm. Traditional encryption breaks workflows and creates a ripple effect that disrupts operations. However, you can modernize and optimize with application-level encryption that enables applications to interact with encrypted files. Let’s review how this works and why it’s time to make…
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This Android vulnerability can break your lock screen in under 60 seconds
Researchers showed how attackers could pull encryption keys, recover the PIN, and access sensitive data from affected devices. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/this-android-vulnerability-can-break-your-lock-screen-in-under-60-seconds/
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No, it’s not ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ to control your own data
The State Department frames data sovereignty and innovation as opposing forces. Modern encryption proves we can have both. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/us-state-department-data-sovereignty-myth-op-ed/
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Signal Confirms Sophisticated Phishing Scheme Caused Account Compromises
The secure messaging platform Signal recently confirmed active, targeted phishing campaigns resulting in severe account takeovers. These sophisticated attacks have successfully compromised the accounts of high-profile individuals, specifically targeting government officials and journalists. Despite these high-profile breaches, Signal explicitly clarified that its underlying infrastructure and end-to-end encryption protocols remain robust and completely uncompromised. The breaches…
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PQC roadmap remains hazy as vendors race for early advantage
Tags: attack, cisco, communications, control, crypto, cryptography, data, encryption, finance, firmware, gartner, google, grc, guide, Hardware, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, monitoring, network, nist, risk, software, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilitySome are already ahead as the migration question looms: One of the earliest vendors to operationalize cryptographic discovery specifically for PQC readiness was Sandbox AQ, which emerged from Google’s quantum research efforts. As early as 2022, the company argued that enterprises needed to inventory cryptography assets long before post-quantum algorithms could be deployed at scale.Initially…
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TikTok Says No to EndEnd Encryption: Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
In a move that bucks the entire industry trend, TikTok has confirmed it will not implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages on its platform, arguing that E2EE would make users less safe. We break down what’s really going on: the child safety argument, the privacy counterargument, the geopolitical questions surrounding ByteDance, and what… First…
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Tarnung als Taktik: Warum Ransomware-Angriffe raffinierter werden
Tags: access, ai, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, detection, encryption, endpoint, extortion, framework, intelligence, lockbit, mitre, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityStatt eines kurzen, aber sehr schmerzhaften Stiches setzen Cyberkrimelle zunehmend darauf, sich in ihren Opfern festzubeißen und beständig auszusaugen.Ransomware-Angreifer ändern zunehmend ihre Taktik und setzen vermehrt auf unauffällige Infiltration. Dies liegt daran, dass die Drohung mit der Veröffentlichung sensibler Unternehmensdaten zum Hauptdruckmittel bei Erpressungen geworden ist.Der jährliche Red-Teaming-Bericht von Picus Security zeigt, dass Angreifer zunehmen…
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Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, awareness, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, group, identity, intelligence, leak, mobile, network, service, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, trainingHazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro Fernández (Sophos), and Ãngel Ortiz (Cisco). Banco Santander, Vodafone, NordVPN, Sophos y Cisco. Montaje: Foundry Against this backdrop, Cisco defines AI as “the fundamental technology that will set the cybersecurity agenda in 2026,” in the words of Ortiz, who refers to the company’s Integrated…
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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Preparing for the Quantum Era: Post-Quantum Cryptography Webinar for Security Leaders
Most organizations assume encrypted data is safe.But many attackers are already preparing for a future where today’s encryption can be broken. Instead of trying to decrypt information now, they are collecting encrypted data and storing it so it can be decrypted later using quantum computers.This tactic”, known as “harvest now, decrypt later””, means sensitive data…
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Should Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure?
Tags: access, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, encryption, fido, finance, framework, governance, Hardware, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, mfa, network, nis-2, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, supply-chain, technologyShould Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure? madhav Thu, 03/05/2026 – 09:53 Over the past few years, large-scale cloud outages have demonstrated just how deeply digital services are woven into the fabric of modern society. When widely used cloud platforms experience disruption, the impact extends far beyond individual applications; banking services stall, transport systems falter,…
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Is Outlook Email Encryption HIPAA Compliant? A Complete Guide for 2026
A practical guide to Outlook HIPAA compliance. Learn encryption requirements, configuration steps, and when to choose dedicated HIPAA email solutions. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/is-outlook-email-encryption-hipaa-compliant-a-complete-guide-for-2026/
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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AzCopy Utility Misused for Data Exfiltration in Ongoing Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware operators are increasingly abusing Microsoft’s trusted Azure data transfer utility, AzCopy, to quietly exfiltrate sensitive data before encryption, turning a routine cloud migration tool into a stealthy theft channel. Instead of relying on obviously malicious tools like Rclone or MegaSync, threat actors are pivoting to native, administrator-approved cloud utilities to blend into normal IT…
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Messenger-Sicherheit: Tiktok verzichtet aus Sicherheitsgründen auf E2EE
Tags: encryptionWährend Wettbewerber auf Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung setzen, geht Tiktok einen Sonderweg – angeblich zum Schutz Minderjähriger vor Missbrauch. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/messenger-sicherheit-tiktok-verzichtet-aus-sicherheitsgruenden-auf-e2ee-2603-206072.html
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AI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, governance, identity, infrastructure, risk, saas, skills, software, strategy, theft, threat, toolAI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report madhav Tue, 03/03/2026 – 15:00 Over the past year, I’ve watched AI move to operational reality across nearly every industry we work with. The conversation is no longer about whether AI will transform business. It already has. Cybersecurity Todd Moore –…
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Tags: authentication, automation, awareness, business, cloud, control, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, governance, identity, login, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, saas, threat, toolContext, not the URL, is the new red flag: Sakshi Grover, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific, said the longstanding advice to hover over a link and verify its domain was built for an era of lookalike domains and that it no longer holds in environments where authentication flows routinely pass through trusted identity providers.”Organizations…
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Künstliche Intelligenz entwickelt sich zur neuen Insider-Bedrohung für Organisationen
Laut dem <> stellt die künstliche Intelligenz für 71 Prozent der Unternehmen in Deutschland das größte Risiko für die Datensicherheit dar. KI-Systeme erhalten zunehmend breiteren Zugriff auf Unternehmensdaten in verschiedenen Umgebungen, weshalb Unternehmen die Sichtbarkeit und Verschlüsselung von Daten als zentrale Sicherheitsinfrastruktur behandeln sollten. KI-gestützte Deepfakes und Falschinformationen erhöhen die Wirksamkeit […] First seen on…
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Why application security must start at the load balancer
Tags: application-security, attack, authentication, breach, business, compliance, control, credentials, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, guide, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, waf, zero-trustInternet traffic hits the load balancerThe load balancer forwards traffic as fast as possibleSecurity happens laterThe problem is simple. If the first system doesn’t enforce trust, everything behind it is already compromised by design. Example 1: Financial services: The team invested heavily in downstream security tools. But the load balancer accepted weak TLS versions and…
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Thales Data Threat Report zeigt KI als neue Insider-Bedrohung für Organisationen
KI ersetzt traditionelle Bedrohungen nicht, sondern verstärkt sie vielmehr, indem sie deren Geschwindigkeit, Umfang und Reichweite erhöht. Da automatisierte Systeme einen immer umfassenderen Zugang zu Unternehmensdaten erhalten, müssen Organisationen Identität, Verschlüsselung und Datentransparenz als Kerninfrastruktur neu überdenken. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/thales-data-threat-report-zeigt-ki-als-neue-insider-bedrohung-fuer-organisationen/a43844/
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Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access
Tags: access, application-security, attack, ciso, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, group, identity, intelligence, monitoring, organized, ransomware, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, switch, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability38% drop in encryption over the past 12 months as more cybercriminals turn to silently exfiltrating data for extortion as their main stock in trade.Picus’ suggestion that the volume of ransomware attacks is dropping is disputed by other experts.Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at endpoint security vendor Eset, offered a contrasting perspective.”In the recent Eset…
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New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/