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WhatsApp starts offering password enabled encryption to user backups

CyberSecurity Insiders

From now on, all WhatsApp backups will be protected by a password enabled encryption method offering an extra layer of security protection to users from spying eyes. In the year 2016, Facebook rolled out the encryption feature to its messaging features and seems to have now induced the feature into its subsidiaries one by one.

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DuckDuckGo browser gets end-to-end encrypted sync feature

Bleeping Computer

The DuckDuckGo browser has unveiled a new end-to-end encrypted Sync & Backup feature that lets users privately and securely synchronize their bookmarks, passwords, and Email Protection settings across multiple devices. [.]

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WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups

Security Affairs

WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing user chats. Currently, WhatsApp allows users to backup their chats on cloud storage services, but these backups are not end-to-end encrypted. Tap Chats > Chat Backup > End-to-end Encrypted Backup.

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Facebook announces WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) backups

Security Affairs

Facebook announced it will allow WhatsApp users to encrypt their message history backups in the cloud. Facebook will continue to work to protect the privacy of WhatsApp users and announced that it will allow users to encrypt their message history backups in the cloud. ” reads the announcement published by WhatsApp.

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GoTo revealed that threat actors stole customers’ backups and encryption key for some of them

Security Affairs

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. We also have evidence that a threat actor exfiltrated an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups.” ” continues the notice.

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How to protect backup servers from ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

We all know that backup servers are only the sole saviors to an organization when a ransomware incident strikes their IT infrastructure. Blocking a backup server from Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) also makes sense as it blocks hackers from accessing usernames and passwords fraudulently.

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LastPass Breach

Schneier on Security

Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. These encrypted fields remain secured with 256-bit AES encryption and can only be decrypted with a unique encryption key derived from each user’s master password using our Zero Knowledge architecture.

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