techtimes

First AI-Agent Ransomware Destroyed Data Even Payment Could Not Recover

a laptop screen with a webpage of the IT Army of Ukraine group of volunteer hackers. The IT Army of Ukraine first set up in the wake of Russia's devastating attack, and has since hugely grown in ...

JadePuffer agentic attacks now target AI model data with ransomware

The JadePuffer autonomous AI agent has upgraded with custom malware called EncForge that focuses on encrypting AI assets, ...
BizTech

Public Private Key Cryptography and Encryption: How It Secures Your Data

Nathan Eddy works as an independent filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, specializing in architecture, business technology and healthcare IT. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill ...
Microsoft

ACR Stealer: Two observed intrusion chains amid increased threat activity

From late April 2026 to mid-June 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts observed increased ACR Stealer activity across customer ...

I tested a 4TB quantum-resistant USB drive - but you don't have to spend $3000 for this security

Apricorn's new 4TB Aegis Secure Key is the biggest-capacity hardware-encrypted flash drive on the market right now.
Smithsonian Magazine

Elizebeth Smith Friedman Was the U.S. Government’s First Woman Codebreaker. She Cracked Nazi Secrets, Saved 8,000 Lives and Pioneered Modern Cryptography

For decades, Elizebeth Smith Friedman worked in near-total secrecy, cracking codes that shaped the outcome of two world wars.
PC Magazine

The Best Email Encryption Services for 2026

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...
Business Wire

Decrypt Raises $10M in Funding and Spins Out from ConsenSys Mesh

IN THE METAVERSE & Wyoming--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Decrypt, the media company demystifying crypto and the decentralized web, and production arm Decrypt Studios, a Web3 studio specializing in metaverse ...