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Zoom Adopts NIST-Approved Post-Quantum End-to-End Encryption for Meetings

By: Newsroom β€” May 22nd 2024 at 04:46
Popular enterprise services provider Zoom has announced the rollout of post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Zoom Meetings, with support for Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms coming in the future. "As adversarial threats become more sophisticated, so does the need to safeguard user data," the company said in a statement. "With the launch of post-quantum E2EE, we are doubling down on
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Police Chiefs Call for Solutions to Access Encrypted Data in Serious Crime Cases

By: Newsroom β€” April 23rd 2024 at 10:45
European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE). They called on the industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across social media platforms. "Privacy measures currently being rolled out, such as end-to-end encryption, will stop tech companies
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Darcula Phishing Network Leveraging RCS and iMessage to Evade Detection

By: Newsroom β€” March 28th 2024 at 14:43
A sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights on organizations in over 100 countries by leveraging a massive network of more than 20,000 counterfeit domains to help cyber criminals launch attacks at scale. "Using iMessage and RCS rather than SMS to send text messages has the side effect of bypassing SMS firewalls, which is being used to great
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U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple Over Monopoly and Messaging Security

By: Newsroom β€” March 22nd 2024 at 06:14
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday accused Apple of illegally maintaining a monopoly over smartphones, thereby undermining, among other things, the security and privacy of users when messaging non-iPhone users. "Apple wraps itself in a cloak of privacy, security, and consumer preferences to justify its
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Meta Details WhatsApp and Messenger Interoperability to Comply with EU's DMA Regulations

By: Newsroom β€” March 8th 2024 at 13:14
Meta has offered details on how it intends to implement interoperability in WhatsApp and Messenger with third-party messaging services as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) went into effect in the European Union. β€œThis allows users of third-party providers who choose to enable interoperability (interop) to send and receive messages with opted-in users of either Messenger or WhatsApp – both designated
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Apple Unveils PQ3 Protocol - Post-Quantum Encryption for iMessage

By: Newsroom β€” February 22nd 2024 at 16:25
Apple has announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 that it said will be integrated into iMessage to secure the messaging platform against future attacks arising from the threat of a practical quantum computer. "With compromise-resilient encryption and extensive defenses against even highly sophisticated quantum attacks, PQ3 is the first messaging protocol to reach
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Signal Introduces Usernames, Allowing Users to Keep Their Phone Numbers Private

By: Newsroom β€” February 21st 2024 at 07:17
End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal said it’s piloting a new feature that allows users to create unique usernames (not to be confused with profile names) and keep the phone numbers away from prying eyes. β€œIf you use Signal, your phone number will no longer be visible to everyone you chat with by default,” Signal’s Randall Sarafa said. β€œPeople who have your number saved in their
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Meta Launches Default End-to-End Encryption for Chats and Calls on Messenger

By: The Hacker News β€” December 7th 2023 at 05:52
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 consultation with privacy and safety experts," Loredana Crisan, vice president of
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WhatsApp Introduces New Privacy Feature to Protect IP Address in Calls

By: Newsroom β€” November 8th 2023 at 13:57
Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out aΒ new privacy featureΒ in its messaging service called "Protect IP Address in Calls" that masks users' IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. "Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, WhatsApp cannot listen to your calls," the company said in a statement shared with The
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Meta Set to Enable Default End-to-End Encryption on Messenger by Year End

By: THN β€” August 23rd 2023 at 12:03
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, 2023, exactly seven months after itΒ started gradually expanding the featureΒ to more users in
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