Android Full Encryption

Google Messages prepares end-to-end encryption for RCS, Google Fi integration, manual cloud restores - XDA Developers Google Messages prepares end-to-end encryption for RCS, Google Fi integration, manual cloud restores - XDA Developers Posted: 23 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Earlier today, our friends at  AndroidPolice got their hands on Google Messages 6.2.031 and uploaded it to APKMirror. Our friend Quinny899 notified us that this APK is actually a dogfood build, meaning it was not supposed to be released to the public. Sometimes, these dogfood builds have a lot of interesting code for features that are in development, and Messages 6.2.031 is definitely one of those cases. This dogfood build hints that Google is preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, Google Fi account integration to sync calls, texts, and voicemails, and manual cloud restores of backups. An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future ...

E-mobility: The next target for hackers - SecurityInfoWatch E-mobility: The next target for hackers - SecurityInfoWatch Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:35 PM PDT Electro-mobility (e-mobility) is a technological innovation that is environmentally friendly and full of promise, yet it presents abundant opportunities for compromise by hackers. By incorporating internet connections, external communication ports, and digitizing processes that used to be wholly mechanical, automotive manufacturers have unwittingly provided cybercriminals new targets to exploit. E-mobility encompasses the principles and concepts surrounding the use of electric-powered vehicles in a wide range of product categories such as drivetrains, drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles, oil tankers, hoverboards, corporate fleets, and a host of others. Protecting these Electric Vehicles (EVs) demands confronting an ever-increasing range of cybersecurity issues that a fast-paced innovat...

UHS cyberattack: Why health care is a vulnerable target - Medical Economics UHS cyberattack: Why health care is a vulnerable target - Medical Economics Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:20 AM PDT Expert details how health care organizations can improve their cybersecurity. Universal Health Services, a major American healthcare provider with more than 400 facilities, has just been hit by what appears to be the largest medical cyberattack in US history. According to the official statement , the organization's network is currently offline due to an IT security issue. However, some inside sources claim the UHS is experiencing a ransomware attack. This means that the company's files got encrypted, and hackers are demanding a ransom in exchange for a decryption key. "Having to work with the good old pen and paper is one thing, but when medical staff can't access important medical data like information about critical care patients, the si...

How to Boost WhatsApp's Privacy and Better Protect Your Data - WIRED How to Boost WhatsApp's Privacy and Better Protect Your Data - WIRED Posted: 09 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT In the summer of 2016, WhatsApp made an unprecedented change. The Facebook-owned company turned on end-to-end encryption by default for all of the billion-plus people using it—becoming, in the process, the world's largest encrypted messenger. Since then the number of people using it has swelled to more than 2 billion. WIRED UK This story originally appeared on WIRED UK . The radical shift means that nobody at Facebook is able to read, or mine data from, the content of the messages you send. The only things that can access them are the two phones—acting as end points in the encryption setup—where the app is installed. For the encryption protecting your messages to be decoded, both devices must verify and exchange security codes as messages ...

Forensics detective says Android phones are now harder to crack than iPhones - Android Authority Forensics detective says Android phones are now harder to crack than iPhones - Android Authority Posted: 29 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST The United States government, as well as US law enforcement agencies, care a lot about iOS and Android encryption . Smartphone data can reveal a lot about terrorists, people who conduct mass shootings, and even general criminals. If officials conduct investigations properly, that data can be used in court as evidence. That's why there have been lots of headlines recently about the US government trying to convince companies such as Apple to hand over so-called "backdoor" access to our smartphone data. However, critics argue that the government having easy access to your private data pretty much defeats the purpose of encrypted data in the first place, and Apple (among other companies) have mostl...