Ransomware groups are using "post-quantum" hype to intimidate victims

Kyber, first observed in circulation as early as September, takes its name from the alternate designation of ML-KEM ...

In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble ...
Science Daily

A 200-year-old light trick just transformed quantum encryption

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more efficient than ever before. By harnessing a 19th-century optics phenomenon ...
HotHardware

Google Warns Quantum Computers Could Obliterate Encryption In New Security Deadline

According to Google, Q-Day—the point at which modern encryption becomes obsolete in the face of quantum computers capable of breaking it instantly—is approaching. Google suggests the day may arrive as ...
decrypt

Cipher Digital Stock Pops as Firm Bolsters Shift From Bitcoin Mining With 15-Year Data Center Deal

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cipher Digital signed a 15-year lease agreement with an “investment-grade hyperscale tenant” for a new data center ...
Mashable

Meta pulling end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs

Meta is pulling its end-to-end encryption option on Instagram DMs. The company announced the change in an update to its support page and via alerts to users in the app, writing: End-to-end encrypted ...
Engadget

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Instagram logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA ...
The Verge

Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

If you still want end-to-end encrypted messaging, you should use WhatsApp, according to Meta. If you still want end-to-end encrypted messaging, you should use WhatsApp, according to Meta. is a news ...
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 ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: Reports

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...