Facebook to Notify Users of Targeted Attacks

Facebook will inform users when it believes their account is being either being targeted by an attacker, or has been compromised by a nation-state campaign. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, announced the initiative in a post on Facebook’s Security page late Friday afternoon. Users...

UK to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat Under New Laws

If you rely on messaging apps to remain in contact with your family members and friends, then you may have to switch back to old-fashioned text messaging service in matter of weeks due to a new law currently going through Parliament. WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to Ban in UK The popular...

I2P - The Invisible Internet Project

I2P is an anonymous network, exposing a simple layer that applications can use to anonymously and securely send messages to each other. The network itself is strictly message based a la IP, but there is a library available to allow reliable streaming communication on top of it a la TCP. All...

Facebook Adds PGP Encryption Feature to Email

Facebook announced early Monday that the social network is in the process of adopting OpenPGP encryption and that it will give privacy conscious users the ability to post their public keys on their profile. The feature, which is gradually rolling out to users today, should better lock down messag...

Signal 2.0 — Free iPhone App for Encrypted Calls and Texts

An open source software group, Open Whisper Systems, has announced the release of Signal 2.0 — the second version of its free and open source messaging application for iPhone and iPad users. Signal app is specifically designed to make secure and easy-to-use encrypted voice calling. But that’s wha...

Signal 2.0 Brings Encrypted Messaging to iPhone

The sanctity of Apple iMessage end-to-end encryption has been challenged by white hats who in 2013 reverse engineered the protocol behind it, revealing that Apple controls the key infrastructure and could, in turn, be compelled to turn over messages via government order. CEO Tim Cook denied those...

Telegram Messenger Offers Large File Sharing up to 1.5GB while you Chat

In spite of all the things smartphones can do, messaging remains one of the most popular activities. Popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat support text messages, voice calls, photo & video sharing features, but there is no provision for sharing every file types on these amazing...

17-Year-Old Found Bugs in WhatsApp Web and Mobile App

Last week, the most popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp finally arrived on the web — dubbed WhatsApp Web, but unfortunately it needs some improvements in its web version. An independent 17-year-old security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan reported two security holes in the WhatsApp web clie...

MegaChat — Kim Dotcom launches end-to-end encrypted Video Calling Service

Are you worried about your privacy? Its Obvious because of a Hacker or the government could be snooping in your emails, voice or video calls. The Famous Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who introduced legendary Megaupload and Mega file sharing services to the World, has now released its latest...

Spammers Take A Liking to WhatsApp Mobile App

Spammers have settled in on the WhatsApp messaging platform with greater regularity, aided in one locale, by of all things, government regulations. Researchers at AdaptiveMobile yesterday published a report that exposed a number of spam campaigns peddling phony handbags and sunglasses, investment...

Peerio — End-to-End Encrypted Secure Messenger and File Sharing App

On one end, where governments of countries like U.K is criticizing end-to-end encryption and considering to ban the encrypted communication apps like Snapchat, CryptoCat, WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage. On the other hand, the Internet community has come up with a new and rather more secure encrypt...

Crash Your Friends' WhatsApp Remotely with Just a Message

A Vulnerability has been discovered in the wildly popular messaging app WhatsApp, which allows anyone to remotely crash WhatsApp just by sending a specially crafted message, two security researchers reported ‘The Hacker News’. Two India based independent security researchers, Indrajeet Bhuyan and...

WhatsApp Messenger Adds End-to-End Encryption by Default

Good news for all Privacy Lovers!! Finally the wildly popular messaging app WhatsApp has made end-to-end encryption a default feature, stepping a way forward for the online privacy of its users around the world. WhatsApp, most popular messaging app with 600 Million users as of October 2014, has...

Researcher Found TextSecure Messenger App Vulnerable to Unknown Key-Share Attack

Do you use TextSecure Private Messenger for your private conversations? If yes, then Are you sure you are actually using a Secure messaging app? TextSecure, an Android app developed by Open WhisperSystems, is completely open-source and claims to support end-to-end encryption of text messages. The...

Google Changes SafeSearch Option for Administrators

Google is removing a feature that allowed administrator to require their users to employ a search option that removes explicit content from search results. The decision is tied to the fact that the option required the use of an unsecured connection to Google, something that the company said allow...

Facebook Says 95 Percent of Notification Email Encrypted

All that’s missing from the organic encrypt the web movement seems to be a hashtag. Otherwise, no one can accuse major web providers of slacking as leading players such as Microsoft and Yahoo, prompted by the Snowden leaks, have made noteworthy leaps in the last 15 months to encrypt everything fr...

Cryptography Expert Says, 'PGP Encryption is Fundamentally Broken, Time for PGP to Die'

A Senior cryptography expert has claimed multiple issues with PGP email encryption - an open source end-to-end encryption to secure email. Before continuing, I would like to clarify that covering this topic doesn't mean you should stop using PGP encryption, instead we are bringing to you what...

Square Launches Bug Bounty, Hires Top Security Researcher

The bug bounty phenomenon began mainly with major software vendors and security companies, which were the main targets for security researchers and attackers. But it is now moving to virtually every corner of the Web and software ecosystem, and the latest company to join the party is Square, the...

End-to-End Encryption for Yahoo Mail Coming Next Year

Today at Black Hat 2014 hacking conference, Yahoo! Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos announced that the company will start giving its consumers the option of end-to-end encryption in its Mail service by next year. Google showed off a PGP-based encryption plugin for Gmail back in June...

Yahoo to Release End-to-End Encryption for Email Users

LAS VEGAS–Yahoo plans to enable end-to-end encryption for all of its Mail users next year. The company is working with Google on the project and the encryption will be mostly transparent for users, making it as simple as possible to use. Alex Stamos, CISO at Yahoo, said that the project has been ...