A new report out today from cybersecurity company Forcepoint LLC’s X-Labs research team details a supply chain attack that compromised LiteLLM, a widely used open-source Python ...

The digital rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has slammed Meta for ending its opt-in encrypted chats on Instagram. The tech giant said that it was killing the feature because ...

iOS 26.5 will encrypt RCS text messages between iOS and Android. The encryption supports the iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The update brings new Pride wallpaper to iPhone and Apple Watch. iPhone owners ...

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...

Instagram has officially pulled end-to-end encryption (e2ee) for direct messages. The privacy feature, which prevents messages from being intercepted and read in transit between users, was previously ...

Instagram will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users from May 8, 2026. When the date comes around, Meta will potentially be able to see the contents of all messages between ...

What we know so far: Earlier this year, a federal probe into whether Meta's WhatsApp service can access encrypted messages was abruptly shut down, according to two people familiar with the matter. The ...

Apple has released an urgent software update to close a security loophole that allowed the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on encrypted messages. The fix, included in iOS 26.4.2, ...

FBI used the flaw to extract readable previews of Signal messages from an iPhone's notification database even after the app was deleted. Tech giant Apple has fixed a security flaw that had allowed the ...

Google has brought end-to-end encrypted Gmail to Android and iOS for eligible Workspace users, extending secure mobile email without extra apps. Gmail is finally bringing end-to-end encryption to ...

Android and iPhone consumers can now use E2EE in the app, but you need to be subscribed to Enterprise Plus. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for ...

How private are your messages? It’s a serious question. Even though many of the most popular messaging apps are now end-to-end encrypted, recent events have shown that there may still be risk involved ...