Hackaday

Encrypting Encrypted Traffic To Get Around VPN Bans

VPNs, Virtual Private Networks, aren’t just a good idea to keep your data secure: for millions of people living under ...

Kyber ransomware gang toys with post-quantum encryption on Windows

A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant ...

I found the easiest way to encrypt files on an Android phone - and it's free to do

If you need to encrypt a file on your Android device so it can be safely shared with other users, this handy app gets the job ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
eWeek

One-Click Prompts Land in Chrome's Gemini

Google is rolling out Skills to the Gemini sidebar in Chrome, letting you save any prompt—as simple as "summarize this tab" ...

France is ditching Windows for digital sovereignty - and its new Linux stack is taking shape

Officially, we don't know what France's forthcoming Linux desktop will look like, but this is what my sources and experience ...
Popular Mechanics

The Quantum Encryption Apocalypse Is Closer Than You Think, Scientists Say

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Current quantum computers don’t possess enough qubits to crack classical encryption methods, but a flurry of new research suggests that the threshold ...
Time

AI Helped Spark a Quantum Breakthrough. The World 'Is Not Prepared'

Last week, cybersecurity researchers woke up to bad news. Research in new papers published by Google and a quantum computing startup, Oratomic, suggests that quantum computers capable of breaking the ...
New Scientist

The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

A quantum computer capable of breaking the encryption that secures the internet now seems to be just around the corner. Stunning revelations from two research teams outline how it could happen, with ...
HotHardware

Google Warns Quantum Computers Could Obliterate Encryption In New Security Deadline

According to Google, Q-Day—the point at which modern encryption becomes obsolete in the face of quantum computers capable of breaking it instantly—is approaching. Google suggests the day may arrive as ...
Wired

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI

Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move could help protect the AI conversations of millions of people. Every day, ...
Android Police

Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...