Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release for April is a whopper

Nearly every major product family needs immediate patching, from Windows to Office to Microsoft Edge, SQL Server, and even ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
CoinDesk

VerifiedX brings privacy layer to Bitcoin as institutional demand for confidentiality grows

VerifiedX has introduced a privacy layer for Bitcoin using zero-knowledge proofs, as demand grows for confidential on-chain ...

Oracle Brings Mission-Critical Availability To The Agentic AI Era

Oracle AI Database 26ai introduces Platinum and Diamond availability tiers, post-quantum cryptography, and AI agent data ...
Scientific American

How two mathematicians created an equation that quietly runs the planet

Diffie-Hellman’s key-exchange method runs this kind of exponentiation protocol, with all the operations conducted in this way ...
Inc

Instagram Is Removing DM Encryption on May 8—Here’s What You Need to Do

It may have escaped notice for many, but Instagram has employed end-to-end encryption for its messaging since 2023. It won’t for much longer. Meta has confirmed that on May 8, end-to-end encryption ...
Wired

The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs

Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. Crucially, few companies ...
TechRepublic

Instagram Users Urged to Save Encrypted DMs Before Feature Disappears

Instagram Users Urged to Save Encrypted DMs Before Feature Disappears Your email has been sent Instagram users who opted for extra privacy in their DMs may want to start saving those conversations.
Android Police

Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Android Authority

Instagram messages are about to lose end-to-end encryption, and you may need to act

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption for messages on May 8. If you use the feature, Instagram says you’ll get instructions to download affected messages and media. Without end-to-end ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
Reuters

US draws up strict AI guidelines amid Anthropic clash, FT reports

March 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has drawn up strict rules for civilian artificial-intelligence contracts requiring companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models amid a stand-off ...