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Apple to Add Manual Authentication to iMessage

Schneier on Security

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. Once you’ve validated the conversation, your devices maintain a chain of trust in which neither you nor the other person has given any private encryption information to each other or Apple.

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Google will add End-to-End encryption to Google Authenticator

Bleeping Computer

Google is bringing end-to-end encryption to Google Authenticator cloud backups after researchers warned users against synchronizing 2FA codes with their Google accounts. [.]

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Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find

Tech Republic Security

Data synced between devices with the new Google Authenticator app update could be viewed by third parties. The post Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find appeared first on TechRepublic. Google says the app works as planned.

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Gmail client-side encryption: A deep dive

Google Security

Director of Engineering, Google Workspace In February, we expanded Google Workspace client-side encryption (CSE) capabilities to include Gmail and Calendar in addition to Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets , and Meet. When CSE is enabled, email messages are protected using encryption keys that are fully under the customer’s control.

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FujiFilm printer credentials encryption issue fixed

Pen Test Partners

With the default configuration of these printers, it’s possible to retrieve these credentials in an encrypted format without authenticating to the printer. A vulnerability in the encryption process of these credentials means that you can decrypt them with responses from the web interface. Medium) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Mobile Malware Uses Deepfakes, Social Engineering to Bypass Biometric Authentication

SecureWorld News

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. Experts warn that biometric authentication alone is not foolproof.

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Pan-African Financial Apps Leak Encryption, Authentication Keys

Dark Reading

Cryptocurrency apps were the most high risk for exposing sensitive information, a reverse-engineering study shows.