Swiss public-sector data protection officers say controlling the geographic location of cloud data isn’t enough: governments must hold the encryption keys too. Data residency is no longer enough. As ...

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio ...

Boulder’s police radios will no longer be available for curious minds and ears starting Tuesday. Up until now, anyone interested in what the Boulder Police Department was doing could go to a police ...

The 2024 FinWise data breach serves as a stark example of the growing insider threats faced by modern financial institutions. Unlike typical cyberattacks originating from external hackers, this ...

Strong encryption is the backbone of digital privacy and secure data. Pressure on the government to weaken encryption is mounting, which raises some serious concerns. How do we preserve strong ...

VeraCrypt is a free and open-source disk encryption software used to secure sensitive data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. It builds on the legacy of TrueCrypt, introducing enhanced security ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The malware uses OpenAI’s ...

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect ...

The U.K. government is reportedly backing down from its earlier demand that Apple build a secret backdoor allowing its authorities access to customer data worldwide, following a harsh rebuke from the ...

The need for secure encryption in IoT and IIoT devices is obvious, and potentially critical for OT and, by extension, much of the critical infrastructure. Chaos is unpredictable – but research ...