Chrome encryption bypass discovered: New malware steals passwords and cookies

The infostealer uses a first‑seen‑in‑the‑wild debugging method to extract Chrome’s decryption key without privilege ...

VoidStealer malware steals Chrome master key via debugger trick

An information stealer called VoidStealer uses a new approach to bypass Chrome's Application-Bound Encryption (ABE) and ...
IEEE

A Combined Cryptography and Error Correction System based on Enhanced AES and LDPC

Abstract: Any military organization nowadays depend on networks and communications. Sensitive data that is essential to national security relies on these networks and applications. As a result, the ...
IEEE

Combined AES-256 Encryption with MATLAB and Verilog HDL Biometric Authentication

Abstract: This research provides a Biometric-based AES-256 Encryption and Decryption Authentication System that combines cutting-edge cryptographic methods with fingerprint identification to offer ...
The Hacker News

Preparing for the Quantum Era: Post-Quantum Cryptography Webinar for Security Leaders

Most organizations assume encrypted data is safe. But many attackers are already preparing for a future where today’s encryption can be broken. Instead of trying to decrypt information now, they are ...
Fast Company

TikTok won’t use end-to-end encryption, citing harm to users

While social media platforms have a habit of copying each other, there’s one area where TikTok is forging its own path. TikTok doesn’t use end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages, the BBC ...
MacRumors

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security ...
Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
Techlicious

WhatsApp Embroiled in Privacy Controversy - What to Use Instead

End-to-end encryption (nicknamed E2EE) has been a major selling point of Meta's WhatsApp messenger since the feature was introduced in 2016. In short, true E2EE ensures that texts, calls, images, and ...
PC Magazine

Report: Microsoft Hands Over Keys for BitLocker-Encrypted Data to FBI

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...
New Scientist

End-to-end encryption: Best ideas of the century

We all keep secrets. Whether you are trying to protect messages to loved ones, company accounts or vital state intelligence, the technology that allows you peace of mind in our increasingly online ...
The Hacker News

VolkLocker Ransomware Exposed by Hard-Coded Master Key Allowing Free Decryption

The pro-Russian hacktivist group known as CyberVolk (aka GLORIAMIST) has resurfaced with a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker that suffers from implementation lapses in test ...