messaging

Russian government asks court to allow them to block Telegram

April 9, 2018

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

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

March 7, 2018

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 users are finally getting end-to-end encryption

January 12, 2018

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 group chats not as secure as users might believe

January 11, 2018

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

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

September 13, 2017

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 …

Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app

June 26, 2017

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

Vulnerability in WhatsApp and Telegram allowed complete account takeover

March 15, 2017

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

Secure messaging app Wickr opens core crypto protocol to review

February 16, 2017

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 …

Targeted attack prevention in cloud email and messaging systems

February 14, 2017

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’s smart search for security

September 22, 2016

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 …

Secret Conversations: End-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger

July 11, 2016

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 …

Google Allo messaging app offers end-to-end crypto, but not as default

May 19, 2016

On Wednesday, at its annual developer-focused conference, Google introduced two new cross-platform apps: Allo and Duo. Google Allo is a messaging app, and Duo is a video …