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Google adds end-to-end Gmail encryption to Android, iOS devices for enterprises

It's a valuable addition for organizations with compliance or privacy concerns, but to use the feature, customers must subscribe to the Enterprise Plus with Assured Controls edition of Premium Workspace.

By Howard Solomon

Apr 10, 20265 mins

Data and Information SecurityEncryptionGmail

Hungarian government email passwords exposed ahead of election

By Maxwell Cooter

Apr 10, 20262 mins

Access ControlAuthenticationPasswords

Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects

By Evan Schuman

Apr 8, 20265 mins

Data PrivacyPrivacySecurity

A core infrastructure engineer pleads guilty to federal charges in insider attack

By Evan Schuman

Apr 3, 20263 mins

CybercrimeMalwareSecurity

Leak reveals Anthropic’s ‘Mythos,’ a powerful AI model aimed at cybersecurity use cases

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 30, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSecurity

Don't sleep on this powerful new Chrome security booster

By JR Raphael

Mar 27, 20266 mins

BrowsersChromeInternet Security

Articles

Google: The quantum apocalypse is coming sooner than we thought

The company has advanced its timeline for viable quantum computing, and thus the necessity of migrating to quantum-safe encryption, to 2029.

By Maria Korolov

Mar 26, 2026 4 mins

Data and Information SecurityEncryptionQuantum Computing

What IT leaders need to know about AI-fueled death fraud

For many businesses, dealing with customer deaths is improvised. But today’s AI-generated fake death certificates are turning an oversight into a potential data nightmare.

By Evan Schuman

Mar 26, 2026 12 mins

CybercrimePhishingSocial Engineering

HP launches TPM Guard to help defeat physical TPM attacks

Current TPMs can be compromised with $20 of hardware, allowing attackers to bypass BitLocker and access encrypted content.

By Lynn Greiner

Mar 24, 2026 4 mins

Endpoint ProtectionLaptop SecuritySecurity Hardware

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 escalation, raising concerns about the future of browser data security.

By Shweta Sharma

Mar 23, 2026 3 mins

BrowsersChromeSecurity

You can’t secure what you can’t see: the data challenge

New data security solutions are needed as modern enterprises digitize.

Dec 8, 2025 5 mins

Security

Most Europeans fear Trump could cut off digital services

US officials have dismissed the idea and say this scenario is highly unlikely.

By Viktor Eriksson

Mar 20, 2026 1 min

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsTechnology Industry

CISA urges IT to harden endpoint management systems after cyberattack by pro-Iranian group

While the US has, at least temporarily, curtailed some of this group’s activities, the risk to misconfigured endpoint management systems remains high.

By Howard Solomon

Mar 19, 2026 6 mins

CybercrimeEndpoint ProtectionHacking

Are you ready for shape-shifting apps?

Apple is taking steps to protect the integrity of apps in this new AI frontier.

By Jonny Evans

Mar 18, 2026 6 mins

Apple App StoreMobile SecurityiOS Security

Nvidia NemoClaw promises to run OpenClaw agents securely

The OpenClaw agent platform gets sandbox isolation and a 'privacy router' to address its security weaknesses.

By John E. Dunn

Mar 17, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNvidiaSecurity

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Here's a look at the most recent Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft as well as a collection of recent updates so you can track what's changed.

By Dan Muse

Mar 16, 2026 5 mins

Microsoft OfficeWindows 10Windows 11

For March, Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 83 vulnerabilities

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification.

By Greg Lambert

Mar 13, 2026 19 mins

MicrosoftOperating SystemsWindows

Google warns of two actively exploited Chrome zero days

One allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox, the other could result in loss of sensitive information.

By Howard Solomon

Mar 13, 2026 4 mins

Browser SecurityEndpoint ProtectionZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Cyber criminals too are working from home… your home

The FBI has warned of the threat posed by ‘residential proxies’: networks of devices, typically owned by consumers, that have been taken over by cybercriminals.

By Maxwell Cooter

Mar 13, 2026 2 mins

Internet SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity