Topic: data encryption
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Virtru Puts Data Protection at the Core of File Collaboration
Virtru Collaborate is a FedRAMP authorized file sharing solution that uses Trusted Data Format (TDF) to encrypt files, with protection that persists as data moves between users and across platforms. The solution resolves the traditional trade-off between security and usability by embedding persis...
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New Ransomware .qPUvslnc Targets Proton and Shinra
A new ransomware strain, ".qPUvslnc", is actively targeting Proton and Shinra users, using a deceptively professional tone to pressure victims after exploiting network vulnerabilities with military-grade encryption. The attackers offer services like a custom decryption tool and a security repor...
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Evervault Secures €21M for Payment Encryption Tech
Evervault, a payment data encryption startup, secured €21 million in Series B funding to advance its technology, bringing total funding to €39 million for reshaping how sensitive financial data is handled globally. Its platform encrypts payment data so it never appears as plaintext, reducing frau...
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Moxie Marlinspike Aims to Revolutionize AI Like He Did Messaging
Moxie Marlinspike, creator of Signal, is leading a new open-source AI project called Confer, designed to prioritize user privacy in chatbot interactions through a secure, verifiable architecture. Confer uses a trusted execution environment (TEE) and local decryption keys to ensure conversations a...
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Futurex & Spire Solutions Bring Enterprise Encryption to Middle East & Africa
Futurex and Spire Solutions have formed a strategic alliance to enhance the availability of advanced data protection services in the Middle East and Africa, combining Futurex's encryption technologies with Spire's regional expertise. The partnership addresses the growing demand for cybersecurity ...
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Decoding the .7ga9lt4bur7 Ransomware (Mimic/Pay2Key)
A sophisticated ransomware attack has encrypted critical business files and exfiltrated sensitive company data, including employee records and financial documents. The attackers demand payment for a decryption tool and threaten to publish the stolen data, which could lead to regulatory fines, law...
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Unmasking the .7ga9lt4bur7 File: A Mimic/Pay2Key Ransomware Threat
A new ransomware threat uses the **.7ga9lt4bur7 extension** to encrypt files and demands payment to prevent stolen data from being published. Attackers exfiltrate sensitive information before encryption, including employee records and financial documents, risking severe fines and reputational dam...
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New Ransomware Encrypts Files with .enc, .iv, and .salt Extensions
A new ransomware strain encrypts files with .enc, .iv, and .salt extensions and demands Bitcoin payment to prevent public release of stolen data, claiming purely financial motives. The attackers emphasize their reputation for providing decryption tools and deleting data after payment to maintain ...
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Identify and Remove E83myizMA.README.txt Ransomware
A file named E83myizMA.README.txt indicates a ransomware infection that has encrypted your personal files, demanding payment for decryption. The attackers provide contact emails and a unique ID to calculate the ransom, request payment in USDT cryptocurrency, and offer to decrypt one file as proof...
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AI agent executed autonomous ransomware attack, Sysdig reveals
Sysdig confirmed the first fully autonomous ransomware attack, JadePuffer, where an AI agent exploited a Langflow vulnerability, encrypted 1,342 database items, and self-corrected errors in 31 seconds without human involvement. The attack's real danger is deskilling, as ransomware now requires no...
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Coupang Data Breach: 33.7 Million Users at Risk
A massive data breach at a major South Korean e-commerce firm compromised 33.7 million customer accounts, exposing personal details and potentially triggering fines nearing $900 million. The breach went undetected for nearly five months, with a former employee suspected of using retained access k...
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'End-to-End Encrypted' Smart Toilet Camera Lacks Promised Security
Kohler's Dekoda smart toilet camera claims to use "end-to-end encryption" for user data, but security experts clarify it actually employs standard TLS encryption, allowing the company potential access to images on its servers. The discrepancy in privacy promises is significant because true end-to...
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Satellites Are Leaking Your Private Data: Calls, Texts, and Secrets
Researchers found that approximately half of geostationary satellite signals are unencrypted, allowing interception of sensitive communications like phone calls and military data with basic equipment. Using affordable hardware, the team captured private data including T-Mobile customer communicat...
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UK Renews Push for Apple to Unlock Encrypted iCloud Data
The UK government is pressuring Apple to create access to encrypted iCloud data for British users, despite previous claims that such efforts had stopped. Apple has removed its Advanced Data Protection feature from the UK market and reaffirmed its commitment to not building backdoors into its serv...
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Forza Horizon 6 Leak Reportedly Exposes 155 GB of Content Online
Forza Horizon 6 was accidentally leaked by developer Playground Games after they uploaded an unencrypted 155 GB repository of game files to Steam just days before its official launch. The leaked build allows players to launch and run the game, with screenshots and gameplay clips already circulati...
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Windows 11 Recall Database Accessed by TotalRecall Tool
Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs launched two years ago with integrated NPUs to enable powerful local AI features, including the Recall tool designed to log user activity. The initial Recall feature was postponed for a year due to a major security flaw, as it stored unencrypted screenshots and activity l...
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Apple Tightens Notification Privacy for Third-Party Apps
Apple has introduced strict new privacy rules for third-party accessories that forward iPhone notifications and Live Activities, following the EU's Digital Markets Act which mandates interoperability. The updated license agreement prohibits using forwarded data for advertising, profiling, or loca...
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Password Managers Can Sometimes See Your Vaults
Password managers rely on a "zero knowledge" encryption model, promising that service providers cannot access user data, but recent research shows this guarantee can be compromised under specific conditions. Security researchers found vulnerabilities not in the core encryption, but in common conv...
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Retailers Are Fighting Back Against Ransomware
The retail sector is seeing a decline in data encryption during ransomware attacks, but attackers are increasingly using extortion-only tactics and demanding higher ransoms, which have doubled to a median of two million dollars. Recovery costs and times have improved, with expenses dropping by 40...
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Microsoft: SesameOp Malware Exploits OpenAI API in Attacks
Microsoft discovered the SesameOp backdoor, which exploits the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel to maintain persistent access in compromised systems. The malware evades detection by using legitimate cloud services for communication, blending malicious traffic with nor...
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