Quantum computers 101
Last fall, Google announced that it had achieved quantum supremacy. If that sounds a bit abstract and not relevant to the average user, think again. What the Google team did, essentially, was use a...
View ArticleZoom 5 moves toward security
Not so long ago, we explained how to configure Zoom to make it safer to use. However, technologies can develop very rapidly, especially those in the spotlight. One such case is Zoom, whose developers...
View ArticleQuantum computers and cryptography for dummies
Quantum computers are capable of very quickly solving very complex problems, such that even a supercomputer would be stumped for a long time. True, most of these problems are currently somewhat removed...
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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 153
To start episode 153 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff look back on four years of the No More Ransom initiative, of which Kaspersky is one of the four founding members. In its...
View ArticleWhat end-to-end encryption is, and why you need it
In recent years, communications services ranging from WhatsApp to Zoom have announced their implementation of end-to-end encryption. What does that mean? Well, the idea of encryption is pretty...
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Telegram security and privacy tips
Facebook’s WhatsApp recently updated its privacy policy, causing many disgruntled users to switch to rival messengers, among them Telegram. Thanks largely to this exodus, Telegram added 25 million new...
View Article7 tips for storing confidential data | Kaspersky official blog
There’s no such thing as a business that doesn’t have sensitive data. Even a small retail company has documents with employees’ personal details that legally must remain confidential, for example. Bank...
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Will quantum computers break RSA encryption in 2023? | Kaspersky official blog
In the final days of 2022, the IT community was rather stirred by a study presented by a group of Chinese scientists. It claimed that in the nearest future it will be possible to crack the RSA crypto...
View ArticleHow dangerous are Threema vulnerabilities? | Kaspersky official blog
One of the most popular secure messengers, Threema, found itself at the center of a scandal this week. Researchers at ETH Zurich, a public research university in Switzerland, found seven (7!)...
View ArticleHow dangerous are Signal vulnerabilities? | Kaspersky official blog
Cybersecurity researcher John Jackson has published a study on two vulnerabilities he’s found in the Signal messenger desktop client — CVE-2023-24069 and CVE-2023-24068. The expert is sure that...
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