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Received β€” 28 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Paranoid WhatsApp users rejoice: Encrypted app gets one-click privacy toggle

Meta also replaces a legacy C++ media-handling security library with Rust

Users of Meta's WhatsApp messenger looking to simplify the process of protecting themselves are in luck, as the company is rolling out a new feature that combines multiple security settings under a single, toggleable option. …

Let them eat sourdough: ShinyHunters claims Panera Bread as stolen credentials victim

27 January 2026 at 20:49

Plus, the gang says it got in via Microsoft Entra SSO

ShinyHunters says it stole several slices of data from Panera Bread, but that's just the yeast of everyone's problems. The extortionist gang also claims to have stolen data from CarMax and Edmunds, in addition to three other organizations it posted to its blog last week.…

Received β€” 27 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security
Received β€” 26 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 uncovers 76 zero-days, pays out more than $1M

Also, cybercriminals get breached, Gemini spills the calendar beans, and more

infosec in briefΒ  T'was a dark few days for automotive software systems last week, as the third annual Pwn2Own Automotive competition uncovered 76 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in targets ranging from Tesla infotainment to EV chargers.…

Received β€” 24 January 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Feds totally skipping infosec industry's biggest conference this year

24 January 2026 at 01:22

But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there

updatedΒ  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register. Sessions involving speakers from the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) have also disappeared from the agenda.…

Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

23 January 2026 at 21:41

If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys

updatedΒ  If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.…

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