Privacy

This incident, linked to a fraud indictment in Guam involving pandemic unemployment benefits, marks the first publicly known instance of Microsoft sharing BitLocker keys.

At least seven Jordanian human rights defenders and activists interrogated or apprehended due to their opposition to Israel's attacks against Gaza had their mobile devices' data extracted by Jordanian authorities using Cellebrite digital forensic software from late 2023 to mid 2025, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

2026 will expose identity gaps as AI fraud spikes, trust erodes, and wallets compete for control.

The proposed Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill aims to replace outdated legislation from 1993, which predates the modern digital landscape.

Germany is drafting comprehensive legislation to significantly expand the surveillance and hacking authorities of its Federal Intelligence Service, aiming to reduce reliance on U.S. intelligence and align its capabilities with European peers like the UK and France, Cybernews reports.

Confer offers end-to-end encryption for AI conversations, ensuring that user interactions remain private and cannot be accessed, stored, or used for training by third parties, including Confer itself.

The vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 8.7, allowed attackers on a local network to bypass authentication in the password recovery feature.