India has formally opened a government investigation into the ransomware attack on Apple supplier Tata Electronics, escalating a corporate data breach into a national security matter — and the ...

A leaked chat and bitcoin trail show a US government entity paid Kairos $1m to suppress stolen files, no encryption involved, with clues pointing to Ohio.

"Military-grade encryption" sounds impressive in marketing materials, but the term refers to something more specific and less ...

Prinz Eugen ransomware targets recently modified files first and skips ransom notes, exposing backup, EDR, and incident ...

Sharing Excel files effectively involves more than just sending an attachment. It requires measures to maintain data accuracy and confidentiality. My Online Training Hub outlines six key practices for ...

To understand how ransomware works at the cryptographic level, start with a constraint: no single cipher can do everything. AES-256 or ChaCha20 encrypts the actual files. These are fast symmetric ...

Encrypted Spaces is a research project (opens in new tab) exploring an architecture for building collaborative applications where data is encrypted and all operations are cryptographically verifiable.

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.

Full disk encryption protects the data on your device in the event it is lost or stolen. Without full disk encryption, if the data drive in the computer is removed, the data can be easily read and ...

After a few months of beta testing with developers, Apple finally released (in beta) end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone users with iOS 26.5. With that, you can message Android users without ...

Microsoft’s analysis of the Gentlemen ransomware reveals a Go-based encryptor capable of spreading across networks, helping operators expand attacks beyond the initially compromised system. Ransomware ...

Ransomware that combines robust encryption with rapid lateral movement significantly increases the risk and impact of an attack. The Gentlemen ransomware is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat ...