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Telegram
Cybercriminals are turning to Telegram due to its security capabilities

Check Point researchers have revealed that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting the popular messaging app, Telegram, to exchange information, recruit new partners and …

Telegram
Russian government asks court to allow them to block Telegram

Russian communications regulator’s fight to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service continues. Telegram (the company) has been fighting the Roskomnadzor – …

Wire
Wire shares results of independent security audit of its secure messaging apps

When I last spoke to Alan Duric, co-founder and (at the time) CEO of the company developing secure messaging application Wire, he stressed the importance of independent and …

Skype
Skype users are finally getting end-to-end encryption

The move was announced on Thursday by Open Whisper Systems, the software organization behind the open source Signal Protocol, which has been implemented by Microsoft to offer …

WhatsApp, Signal, Threema
WhatsApp, Signal group chats not as secure as users might believe

Researchers have discovered flaws in the way WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema messaging apps handle secure (encrypted) group communication, which could result in unauthorized …

fight
Why end-to-end encryption is about more than just privacy

The question of whether regular people need end-to-end encryption will surely be debated for quite some time. But for Alan Duric, CEO and co-founder of Wire, the question can …

Telegram
Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, is threatening to ban the use of popular encrypted messaging app Telegram. The request Roskomnadzor is a federal agency …

WhatsApp Telegram
Vulnerability in WhatsApp and Telegram allowed complete account takeover

Check Point researchers today revealed a new vulnerability on WhatsApp and Telegram’s online platforms – WhatsApp Web & Telegram Web. By exploiting this vulnerability, …

matrix
Secure messaging app Wickr opens core crypto protocol to review

Wickr, the San Francisco-based company that’s behind the secure ephemeral messaging app of the same name, has published the core crypto protocol powering both the …

Eyes
Targeted attack prevention in cloud email and messaging systems

GreatHorn announced the launch of the GreatHorn Threat Platform (GTP) at RSA Conference 2017. The Threat Platform extends the capabilities of the company’s cloud-native …

Google Allo
Google’s smart search for security

Google made waves this week with the launch of the much-hyped messaging app Allo. The app boasts some impressive features, including embedding Google Assistant into your …

fb secret conversations
Secret Conversations: End-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger

After integrating Open Whisper Systems’ Signal Protocol into WhatsApp earlier this year, Facebook has done the same to the Facebook Messenger app, and called the feature …

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