Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare shows how today's ransomware groups weaponize stolen data and pressure ...

Abstract: In everyday life, it is crucial to protect our data and communication. The necessity for secure message communication is not a novel concept. It has existed for a long time. Data security ...

You may see this error because the Microsoft 365 encryption service cannot verify your identity or check if you have permission to view the message. This is not ...

Gianluca Di Bella claimed quantum computing already makes encryption and ZK-proofs vulnerable due to “harvest now, decrypt later” risks. Gianluca Di Bella, a smart-contract researcher specializing in ...

Remembering hundreds of secure passwords isn’t really possible unless you’re some kind of savant. What to do? Well, passkeys are a great alternative, but they’re far from universal… so some kind of ...

mcafee-xpass is a lightweight Python tool for extracting and decrypting administrator passwords from McAfee's `Sitelist.xml` configuration files. It decodes base64-encoded, XOR-obfuscated, and ...

This Python program, called CRACKSHA256, is a simple SHA256 hash cracker that takes a SHA256 hash and a wordlist as inputs. It attempts to crack the hash by iterating over each word in the wordlist, ...

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new wave of campaigns distributing a Python-based information stealer called PXA Stealer. The malicious activity has been assessed to be the work ...

Discover how agentic AI transforms cloud security from reactive to real-time protection. Zero Trust + AI: Grow Your Business and Support Workforce Productivity Legacy security solutions don't protect ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. There’s nothing like a little controversy to spice up a week in cyber ...

After decades of failed attempts to access encrypted communications, governments are shifting from persuasion to coercion—security experts say the risks are too high. Backdoors don’t just let law ...