A 'cyber espionage campaign' is ongoing and federal authorities are warning people to keep their data safe. One way to do ...

A man looks at his phone in New York on June 7. Federal officials warned Tuesday that a massive Chinese hacking operation against American telecommunications companies hasn’t yet been fully expelled ...

The FBI and others are now recommending that Americans send encrypted messages while texting or emailing someone. This comes after officials told NBC News that there was an unprecedented cyberattack ...

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...

Rich Communication Services is Google's modernization of SMS and MMS for Android. It offers read receipts, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption, positioning it as a secure ...

Have you ever wondered whether it is possible to send fully encrypted Gmail messages that not even Google could intrude on and read? Well, the wait’s over! Google Workspace has also implemented the ...

EFY built a DIY real-time messaging system with AES-256 encryption that keep messages and sensor data secure, even over Wi-Fi ...

But Signal isn't the only messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption, and end-to-end encryption isn't the only consideration in choosing a secure messaging app. In addition, secure messaging apps ...

Every webpage you visit is encrypted in transit, and you get a nasty error message if you go to a page that doesn't have the magic https leading off its URL. Your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Nov. 24, 2024: This story, originally published Nov.