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Apple will soon encrypt iPhone-to-Android messages just like iMessage

by Michael Simon
March 14, 2025
How To – Apple Mac
2 min read

When Apple released Messages with RCS support in iOS 18 last year, it was missing a key security feature: end-to-end encryption. At the time, Apple said it would wait until encryption was part of the…

Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

by Dan Goodin
May 24, 2024
I.T. Today
5 min read

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that debuted in 2007 with the release of Windows…