Microsoft: Hackers Are Using WhatsApp to Deliver Malware to Windows PCs

Hackers are using WhatsApp messages to deliver malware to Windows PCs, exploiting user trust and attachments to trigger ...
Microsoft

WhatsApp malware campaign delivers VBScript and MSI backdoors

A malware campaign uses WhatsApp messages to deliver VBS scripts that initiate a multi-stage infection chain. The attack ...

The Security-Privacy Paradox: How Data Encryption Fights Cybercrime And Terrorism While Sometimes Aiding It

This growth in illicit activity has pushed encryption to the center of debates about national security, law enforcement and ...
brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes

How does Meta's decision to kill end-to-end encryption on Instagram affect you?

Instagram to drop end-to-end encryption by May 2026. Meta focuses on privacy in WhatsApp, not Instagram. Limited adoption of E2EE on Instagram influenced decision. Meta announced last week that the ...
The Guardian

We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said

Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don’t outsource your judgment Sign up for AI for the people, a six-week newsletter course, here Three years on from the release of ChatGPT, two ...
The New York Times

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. By Julian E. Barnes ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
Reuters

Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filing

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal ...
MacRumors

iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...
9to5google

Apple starts testing end-to-end RCS encryption on iPhone, but without Android support

Apple’s latest iOS 26.4 beta is now available for iPhone owners, with an added perk for RCS messaging – end-to-end encryption. But, unfortunately, that doesn’t work with Android yet. Within the ...
Dark Reading

'Encrypt It Already' Campaign Pushes Big Tech to Prioritize E2E Encryption

A new encryption initiative from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urges large technology and communications companies to follow through on previously made data and privacy protection promises ...
ZDNet

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

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