In October 2025, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified destructive wiping activity and uncovered a sophisticated Go programming language (Golang)-based backdoor we now track as GigaWiper, a ...

ConsentFix and ClickFix attacks steal Microsoft 365 tokens in seconds using fake prompts and OAuth flows. Learn how these MFA ...

EncryptPro handles the basics of encrypting your important files at no charge, while a subscription gets you enhanced features and convenience. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but it shows great ...

Apple says testing missed flaws in new encryption designed to protect against future attacks from quantum computers, so it turned to mathematical proofs to make sure the code works correctly before ...

Post-quantum cryptography is moving from a future security concern to a practical planning issue for organizations. Quantum computers powerful enough to break widely used public-key encryption aren’t ...

As part of daily operations, small businesses may need to collect or exchange sensitive data that should be protected. It could be a financial transaction, a mailing address or some other personally ...

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...

With a deadline for federal agencies to implement their post-quantum cryptography (PQC) strategies by 2035, government cyber experts are actively working on charting their course in the post-quantum ...

As far back as the Stone Age, humans started digging asbestos from cliffs or riverbeds. They mixed the fibrous silicate mineral into clay for pottery that could better withstand heat, and northerners ...

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s ...

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble files—making, or at least claiming, that it is protected against attacks by quantum ...

Bitcoin’s security relies on elliptic curve cryptography, a one-way mathematical function that makes deriving a private key from a public key effectively impossible for traditional computers. Shor’s ...