Meta Launches Default End-to-End Encryption for Chats and Calls on Messenger

Meta has officially begun to roll out support for end-to-end encryption E2EE in Messenger for personal calls and one-to-one personal messages by default in what it called the "most significant milestone yet." "This isn't a routine security update: we rebuilt the app from the ground up, in close...

Nothing Chats pulled from Google Play

Sometimes it’s all in the name. The Nothing Chats beta has been pulled from the Google Play Store after reports that the company behind it has access to your unencrypted messages. Nothing Phone 2 owners were promised a first-of-its-kind app developed in partnership with Sunbird, which allowed the...

CryptoChat - Beyond Secure Messaging

Welcome to CryptChat - where conversations remain truly private. Built on the robust Python ecosystem, our application ensures that every word you send is wrapped in layers of encryption. Whether you're discussing sensitive business details or sharing personal stories, CryptChat provides the...

SiYuan Notes Software Web App is a privacy-first personal knowledge management system that supports full offline use as well as end-to-end encrypted synchronization. Yunnan ChainDrop Technology Co., Ltd. has an XSS vulnerability in the Siyuan Notes Software Web application, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information such as user cookies.

Apache Airflow is the United States Apache Apache Foundation's set of open source platform for creating, managing and monitoring workflow. The platform is scalable and dynamic monitoring and other characteristics. A code execution vulnerability exists in Apache Airflow HDFS Provider, which stems...

Meta Set to Enable Default End-to-End Encryption on Messenger by Year End

Meta has once again reaffirmed its plans to roll out support for end-to-end encryption E2EE by default for one-to-one friends and family chats on Messenger by the end of the year. As part of that effort, the social media giant said it's upgrading "millions more people's chats" effective August 22...

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks

Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet. The search giant said it's introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular...

Google Messages Getting Cross-Platform End-to-End Encryption with MLS Protocol

Google has announced that it intends to add support for Message Layer Security MLS to its Messages service for Android and open source an implementation of the specification. "Most modern consumer messaging platforms including Google Messages support end-to-end encryption, but users today are...

Apple Threatens to Pull iMessage and FaceTime from U.K. Amid Surveillance Demands

Apple has warned that it would rather stop offering iMessage and FaceTime services in the U.K. than bowing down to government pressure in response to new proposals that seek to expand digital surveillance powers available to state intelligence agencies. The development, first reported by BBC News...

CVE-2023-35173

Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides all the necessary APIs to implement End-to-End encryption on the client side. By providing an invalid meta data file, an attacker can make previously dropped files inaccessible. It is recommended that the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app is upgraded...

Code injection

Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides all the necessary APIs to implement End-to-End encryption on the client side. By providing an invalid meta data file, an attacker can make previously dropped files inaccessible. It is recommended that the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app is upgraded...

CVE-2023-35173 End-to-End encrypted file-drops can be made inaccessible

Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides all the necessary APIs to implement End-to-End encryption on the client side. By providing an invalid meta data file, an attacker can make previously dropped files inaccessible. It is recommended that the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app is upgraded...

CVE-2023-35173

CVE-2023-35173 involves the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app: providing an invalid metadata file can render previously dropped files inaccessible, impacting availability. A fix is available in version 1.12.4. Public sources (Nextcloud advisories, GHSA) document the issue and the upgrade recomm...

CVE-2023-35173 End-to-End encrypted file-drops can be made inaccessible

Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides all the necessary APIs to implement End-to-End encryption on the client side. By providing an invalid meta data file, an attacker can make previously dropped files inaccessible. It is recommended that the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app is upgraded...

Nextcloud 安全漏洞

Nextcloud is an open source suite of self-hosted file synchronization and sharing communication application platform from Nextcloud, Germany. A security vulnerability exists in Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app version 1.12.0 and earlier, which stems from a vulnerability that allows an attacker...

PT-2023-25183 · Nextcloud · Nextcloud End-To-End Encryption

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app versions prior to 1.12.4 Description: The Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides APIs for implementing End-to-End encryption on the client side. An issue exists where providing an invalid meta data fi...

Google Introduces Passwordless Secure Sign-In with Passkeys for Google Accounts

Almost five months after Google added support for passkeys to its Chrome browser, the tech giant has begun rolling out the passwordless solution across Google Accounts on all platforms. Passkeys, backed by the FIDO Alliance, are a more secure way to sign in to apps and websites without having to...

Google Authenticator WILL get end-to-end encryption. Eventually.

Following criticism, Google has decided to bring end-to-end encryption E2EE to its Google Authenticator cloud backups. The search giant recently introduced a feature that allows users back up two-factor authentication 2FA tokens to the cloud, but the lack of encryption caused some commentators to...

Google Authenticator App Gets Cloud Backup Feature for TOTP Codes

Search giant Google on Monday unveiled a major update to its 12-year-old Authenticator app for Android and iOS with an account synchronization option that allows users to back up their time-based one-time passwords TOTPs to the cloud. "This change means users are better protected from lockout and...

UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption

In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps--including Signal and WhatsApp--point out that the UKs Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption: As currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of...

Weak Encryption

nextcloud-desktop is vulnerable to Weak Encryption. The vulnerability allows a malicious server administrator to recover and modify contents of end-to-end encrypted files...