Worried about AI privacy? This new tool from Signal's founder adds end-to-end encryption to your chats

Moxie Marlinspike, the mind behind the secure messaging app Signal, has launched an alternative to AI chatbot ChatGPT that focuses on user privacy and security. Also: The best free AI courses and ...
CSO Online

Flaws in Chainlit AI dev framework expose servers to compromise

Security researchers uncovered two vulnerabilities in the popular Python-based AI app building tool that could allow ...

Signal’s Founder Built a Chatbot That Can’t Spy on You

Moxie Marlinspike, the cryptographic prodigy who wrote the code that underpins Signal and WhatsApp, has a new project—and it ...
Decrypt

DeadLock Ransomware Using Polygon Smart Contracts to Evade Detection

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.
GitHub

rsa-2048

pngcrypt is a command-line tool for securely embedding and extracting encrypted messages within PNG images using AES-256 and RSA-2048. This ensures that the hidden data remains confidential and can ...
Digital Trends

Say goodbye to old DMs: X launches Chat with encryption and more

What’s happened? X announced the launch of Chat via its official channel this week, signifying the complete replacement of its legacy DM system with a revamped, encrypted communication layer. The ...
Bleeping Computer

Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems for optimal encryption choice

The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt data without overloading them. According to Cisco Talos researchers, ...
Techlicious

How to Prevent Windows Disk Encryption from Locking You Out of Your PC

With so much hacking, scamming, theft, and spying in the digital world, encryption is becoming more popular. You see it in messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, in secure connections to websites ...
Bleeping Computer

FinWise data breach shows why encryption is your last defense

The 2024 FinWise data breach serves as a stark example of the growing insider threats faced by modern financial institutions. Unlike typical cyberattacks originating from external hackers, this ...
The Conversation

The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help

Qiang Tang receives funding from Google via Digital Future Initiative to support the research on this project. Moti Yung works for Google as a distinguished research scientist. Yanan Li is supported ...
TechSpot

Gmail gets end-to-end encryption – but only if you're a Workspace user

In context: End-to-end encryption can greatly enhance security in email communications, but it demands commitment from both parties. Google is now simplifying the process with a new message exchange ...
Computerworld

UK government still wants Apple to break data encryption

The authoritarian, surveillance-loving UK Labour government remains deeply committed to magical thinking, slamming yet another encryption-busting “Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) on Apple, ...