Microsoft

The Gentlemen ransomware: Dissecting a self-propagating Go encryptor

Microsoft Threat Intelligence presents a comprehensive analysis of The Gentlemen, a Go-based ransomware deployed by ...

Use One of These Apps to Encrypt Your Calls, Because Your Phone Won’t

Cellular protocols are not encrypted end-to-end, meaning that audio could be intercepted along the way—unless you use a ...
BizTech

How Can Public and Private Key Encryption Protect Private Data?

As part of daily operations, small businesses may need to collect or exchange sensitive data that should be protected. It could be a financial transaction, a mailing address or some other personally ...
Wired

Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...
Ars Technica

In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble files—making, or at least claiming, that it is protected against attacks by quantum ...
Forbes

FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—End-To-End Encryption Won’t Protect You

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
Science Daily

A 200-year-old light trick just transformed quantum encryption

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more efficient than ever before. By harnessing a 19th-century optics phenomenon ...
Los Angeles Times

As ‘Spamalot’ returns to L.A., Eric Idle is feeling sentimental about his epic career

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The last time Eric Idle’s “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” spoof musical “Spamalot” landed at a major L.A. venue ...
The Conversation

More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good

K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms, whether it is teachers turning to AI to refine lesson plans or students asking AI to help them ...
Engadget

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the company wrote in an ...
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 ...