Signal adds new cryptographic defense against quantum attacks

Signal announced the introduction of Sparse Post-Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new cryptographic component designed to withstand ...

Trusted enclaves from Intel and AMD shown vulnerable to physical attacks

Intel's Software Guard Extensions and AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging have long been marketed as "trusted execution environments" designed to isolate sensitive ...

Applied MEV protection via Shutter’s threshold encryption

The Shutter team anticipates that batched threshold encryption (BTE) is a potential way to address the drawbacks of both ...
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Lockdown Protocol teaches how not to use the scanner

Orcas attack and sink another boat off the coast of Portugal The Dangerous Meat-Thawing Mistake Almost Everyone Makes—and the Safe Fix Map shows states hit with freeze warning as temperatures set to ...
WeLiveSecurity

Under lock and key: Safeguarding business data with encryption

A single security breach can jeopardize everything you’ve built. The theft of intellectual property and confidential customer data can result in a cascade of consequences, from hefty financial losses ...
Computer Weekly

Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm

The Home Office sought access to data and messages stored by Apple users on its cloud storage in the UK and overseas by demanding a “backdoor” to Apple’s iCloud service, a court ruling has revealed. A ...
Bleeping Computer

Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud

Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and ...
Center for American Progress

The Trump Administration Is Using Americans’ Sensitive Data To Build a Digital Watchtower

The Trump administration’s abusive efforts to repurpose millions of federal records and funnel them into a centralized government database represent a systemic shift toward a consolidation of ...
Computerworld

UK agrees to drop dangerous data encryption backdoor demands, says US

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect ...
The Hill

Judge temporarily blocks Medicaid data sharing with ICE officials

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from sharing the personal data of Medicaid enrollees with immigration officials. District Judge Vince Chhabria ...
TechRepublic

AI Data Centers’ Soaring Energy Use: Who Pays for Higher Utilities Costs?

AI Data Centers’ Soaring Energy Use: Who Pays for Higher Utilities Costs? Your email has been sent The rising number of AI data centers in the US could drive utility costs higher and has put parts of ...