The debate over device encryption isn’t dead, it was merely resting. And it just won’t go away.

Part of WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption scheme is a requirement for users to set up the service with a phone as the "main" device for an account.

Oxeye discovered a new vulnerability (CVE-2023-0620) in the HashiCorp Vault Project, an identity-based secrets and encryption management system that controls access to API encryption keys, passwords, and certificates. The vulnerability was an SQL injection vulnerability that potentially could lead to a Remote Code Execution (RCE). Oxeye reported this vulnerability to HashiCorp, and the team quickly patched it in versions 1.13.1, 1.12.5, and 1.11.9. of Vault. HashiCorp Vault HashiCorp Vault provides encryption services for modern, microservices-based … More →The post HashiCorp Vault...

A study looking at the use of encryption to keep the contents of an email private has found that the technology is rarely used, despite being available for decades

Compromise by "sophisticated threat actor" prompts company to issue new certificate.

Cingulata (pronounced "tchingulata") is a compiler toolchain and RTE for running C++ programs over encrypted data by means of fully homomorphic encryption techniques. - CEA-LIST/Cingulata

End-to-End Encryption started as a technical preview in January and is now rolling out to all eligible devices..

Quantum computers may one day break encryption, and security researchers say intelligence agencies may already be storing encrypted data with a plan to crack it in future

Video conferencing provider Zoom plans to strengthen encryption of video calls hosted by paying clients and institutions such as schools, but not by users of its free consumer accounts, a company official said on Friday.

Lots of big issues this week breaches, encryption, supply chains and patching problems. Listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The move will make a company's data indecipherable to Google.

Training AIs is essential to today’s tech sector, but handling the amount of data needed to do so is intrinsically dangerous. DARPA hopes to change that by tapping the encryption experts at Duality to create a hardware-accelerated method of using large quantities of data without decrypting it…

FHE realy sounds like magic when you hear about it for the first time, but it's really based on very sound mathematics. The main difference is that FHE requires a shift in the programming paradigm that we are used to, which makes it a little more difficult to integrated in applications. That was until today thanks to a new toolkit we are making available for MacOS, iOS and soon for Linux and Android. The new toolkit will enable developers to get up and running, and experimenting with the basic concept of FHE in minutes.

Stingle Photos is a convenient, easy to use Gallery/Camera application with Backup and Sync functionality for your photos and videos which seamlessly provides strong security, privacy and encryption.

The developers of audio chat room app Clubhouse plan to add additional encryption to prevent it from transmitting pings to servers in China, after Stanford researchers said they found vulnerabilities.

Lots of big issues this week breaches, encryption, supply chains and patching problems. Listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

Microsoft Teams now has end-to-end encryption for calls, but only for one-on-one sessions right now..

Along with Threema, Tresorit, and Tutanota, we are releasing a joint statement calling on the EU to reject any ban or attack on end-to-end encryption.

Dublin-based Evervault, a developer-focused security startup which sells encryption vis API and is backed by a raft of big name investors including the likes of Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures, is coming out of closed beta today — announcing open access to its encryption engine. T…

US Company put "sophisticated encryption" on phones sold to drug traffickers.

Zoom reportedly will add stronger encryption to its paid customers’ video calls, but isn’t planning to offer the enhanced security to all accounts. It remains to be seen whether some free accounts, such as nonprofit users, might qualify for the more secure calls.

Zoom’s end-to-end encryption (E2EE) has arrived in technical preview, letting both free and paid users secure their calls. Zoom says E2EE is supported across its Mac, PC, iOS, and Android apps, as well as Zoom Rooms.

Broken encryption unlocks gameplay from 22-year-old cabinets.

Signal’s introduction of anonymous cryptocurrency payments could give regulators an excuse to try eliminating end-to-end encryption altogether.

Protect your privacy online and access media content with no regional restrictions. Strong encryption and no-log policy with 3000+ servers in 60+ countries.

Following the European Council’s adoption of a resolution on encryption last month, encrypted service providers are fighting back.

Enforcing traceability on popular messaging apps will encroach into user privacy

Commentary Misguided legislation pushing for backdoors to end-to-end encryption would be a disaster for data privacy.

The new round brings the startup's total funding to date to $36.5 million.

European Commission paper sets up potential clash with tech companies and privacy advocates

Duality, a startup founded by groundbreaking cryptographers and data scientists that is building tools to make it easier for companies to share data and collaborate with each other without compromising sensitive information, has raised some funding on the back of some significant early deals, inclu…

Our online privacy faces growing threats. Governments around the world are calling for encryption backdoors that would enable access to personal information. They argue that encryption ...

Documents reveal Canberra began seeking powers to crack encrypted communications nearly two years before unveiling law.

Learn the hows, whys, and whats of OpenZFS encryption with this short guide.

Cross-platform deniable encryption archiver . Contribute to zorggish/FractalCryptGUI development by creating an account on GitHub.

The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has kicked off a competition to develop quantum-safe encryption protocols — and the contest is coming into its final stretch.

Comcast/Mozilla deal follows dispute over ISP snooping and DNS encryption.

Nahoft uses encryption to turn chats into a random jumble of words.

The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies

Messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption, such as WhatsApp, make it hard to tackle disinformation, but a smart reporting tool could offer a solution while preserving privacy

Random numbers – a vital part of encryption – are hard for computers to generate, but a new trick turns memory chips into a source of random noise

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End-to-end encryption is growing in popularity. Google is getting on board.

Datenschutz ist wichtig. Verhindert aber oft Zusammenarbeit und Austausch. Homomorphe Verschlüsselung vereinba

Casey Newton catches up with WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart about privacy, encryption, and the future of messaging.

Export ban affects chips, telecom, encryption tech, lasers, sensors, and more.

Evervault is encryption infrastructure for developers. At the core of this infrastructure is E3, the Evervault Encryption Engine. This post is about how we built E3.

Some features won't work with end-to-end encryption switched on.