Tag: security features

Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/22/0724228/encrypted-messages-are-being-targeted-google-security-group-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Encrypted Messages Are Being Targeted, Google Security Group Warns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses emerging threats to secure messaging applications, particularly focusing on Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, as they are actively targeted by Russian-aligned threat groups. It emphasizes the evolving tactics being used…

Cloud Blog: 8 steps to ensuring a smooth Spanner go-live

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/your-spanner-launch-checklist/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 8 steps to ensuring a smooth Spanner go-live Feedly Summary: As a developer, there’s a lot to think about when you’re getting ready to launch an application. There’s the availability of the underlying database, of course, which stores application state, and determines how fast and you can recover…

Slashdot: New WinRAR Version Strips Windows Metadata In Privacy Push

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/21/1616245/new-winrar-version-strips-windows-metadata-in-privacy-push?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: New WinRAR Version Strips Windows Metadata In Privacy Push Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: WinRAR 7.10 enhances user privacy by allowing the removal of sensitive metadata from downloaded files while retaining essential Windows security features. This update is significant for privacy and security professionals, as it…

Hacker News: Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK

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Source URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-icloud-security-feature-uk/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple’s withdrawal of its Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the UK highlights critical issues surrounding government demands for backdoor access to encrypted data and the impact on user privacy. This…

Slashdot: Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order

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Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/02/21/1529255/apple-removes-cloud-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has ceased offering its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in the UK, following a government request for a backdoor to user data access. This significant move impacts user privacy and…

Cloud Blog: Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger

Feb 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russia-targeting-signal-messenger/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger Feedly Summary: Written by: Dan Black Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed increasing efforts from several Russia state-aligned threat actors to compromise Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia’s intelligence services. While this…

Hacker News: Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal

Feb 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://soatok.blog/2025/02/18/reviewing-the-cryptography-used-by-signal/ Source: Hacker News Title: Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the importance of secure messaging apps, particularly focusing on Signal and its cryptography. It critiques the use of alternative privacy tools like VPNs and highlights the need for credible security…

AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Developer Day, Trust Center, Well-Architected for Enterprises, and more (Feb 17, 2025)

Feb 17, 2025

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Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-aws-developer-day-trust-center-well-architected-for-enterprises-and-more-feb-17-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Developer Day, Trust Center, Well-Architected for Enterprises, and more (Feb 17, 2025) Feedly Summary: Join us for the AWS Developer Day on February 20! This virtual event is designed to help developers and teams incorporate cutting-edge yet responsible generative AI across their development…

Hacker News: Wyden Releases Draft Bill to Secure Americans’ Communications

Feb 15, 2025

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