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Elcomsoft, seller of forensic tools for law enforcement to extract data from user devices like phones and computers, has released a blog post on using information collected about individuals to make password cracking more efficient.
Today, Tor Project announced that Tor's relay encryption algorithms would be replaced by a new encryption design called "Counter Galois Onion."
According to TechCrunch, SitusAMC, a company that provides technology for major banks like JPMorgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and even state governments, has had a major breach of customer data including “accounting records and legal agreements.”
MAGIC Grants announced today the release of their new, open-source Skylight Wallet app for Android, which will also be "available soon" for iOS and Desktop.
Matter 1.5 has released, bringing with it lots of new supported device types. Among the new additions are support for cameras, soil sensors, and what they call “closures.”
GrapheneOS users have received the long-awaited Android 16 QPR1 update to GrapheneOS.
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The Electronic Frontier Alliance has officially ended. In a brief statement on efa.eff.org, the Electronic Frontier Foundation stated that the EFA "concluded on November 20, 2025."
The iOS developer and security researcher duo mysk claim that after deleting their 1Password account, their profile picture was still being stored and remained publicly accessible via a URL.
The Internal Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel their annual leadership election after one of the officials permanently lost their encryption key, rendering the results permanently encrypted.
According to the EFF, the Sacramento County Superior Court has determined that a surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the police is illegal.
According to Wired, Pornhub's parent company has sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft urging them to device-based age verification.
A new announcement from Thunderbird Pro sees the services entering an “initial closed test run” with a “core group of community contributors.”
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has added Twitch to its growing list of age-restricted social media sites.
The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the US DOJ and DHS to uncover information their demands to censor apps.
The GrapheneOS project has announced on X that they are ceasing all operations in France, asserting that the country is no longer safe for "open source projects"
The Monero node codebase now has significant fuzzing coverage over its RPC endpoints, thanks to work by ADA Logics, funded and contracted through MAGIC Grants.
Security researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research have disclosed a now-patched vulnerability that can enumerate around 3.5 billion WhatsApp accounts using the app's contact discovery feature.
Today, Brave announced that their Leo AI assistant inside of the Brave browser will utilize NEAR AI Nvidia-backed Trusted Execution Environments (TEE).
According to Android Authority, Android's Quick Share feature for sending files wirelessly over the air is now officially compatible with AirDrop, without any help from Apple.
A new strain of insidious Android malware has been discovered that can “bypass encrypted messaging” by capturing content directly from the screen after decryption.
A blog post by Preston Byrne, the lawyer representing 4chan in their ongoing legal case with Ofcom, announced that the GRANITE Act, “the first foreign censorship shield bill ever conceived in the history of the United States,” has been filed in the state of Wyoming.