Russia has told internet providers to enforce a block against encrypted email provider ProtonMail, the company’s chief has confirmed. The block was ordered by the state Federal Security Service, formerly the KGB, according to a Russian-language blog, which obtained and published the order after the agency accused the company and several other email providers of […]
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ProtonMail names one of the attackers behind a major DDoS this summer
End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail has named one of the attackers behind a sustained distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) it suffered earlier this summer. The attack took its email service offline for up to several minute long stretches at a time, even with mitigation measures in place. It says the UK’s National Crime Agency […]
View More ProtonMail names one of the attackers behind a major DDoS this summerProtonMail now supports PGP encryption with other clients
ProtonMail is arguably the easiest way to send end-to-end encrypted emails. But encryption only works by default with other ProtonMail users. The company is adding full PGP support so that you can send and receive encrypted emails with people who use other apps and services. ProtonMail is pretty much like iMessage or WhatsApp, but for […]
View More ProtonMail now supports PGP encryption with other clientsProtonMail suffers DDoS attack that takes its email service down for minutes
It’s been an unexpectedly slack day for digital comms services. It’s not just workplace IM tool Slack suffering outages but end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail too. In the latter case, the company has blamed several hours’ worth of sporadic outages on a major DDoS attack. Our network has been under sustained attack this morning. We are […]
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Nobody wants snoops peeking at their emails. Unfortunately, the newly discovered “Efail” vulnerability could make that a possibility.
On Monday morning, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reported that Efail is able to expose HTML emails encrypted with PGP and S/MIME encryption programs — even those that were sent years ago. These tools are commonly employed by journalists, politicians, and other users who require secure communication.
“In a nutshell, Efail abuses active content of HTML emails, for example externally loaded images or styles, to exfiltrate plaintext through requested URLs,” the researchers write. Read more…
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New Gmail update will include self-destructing emails
The upcoming, redesigned Gmail looks like it will have several new features to protect the privacy of your emails.
One of these, according to TechCrunch, is self-destructing emails. Following the update, you’ll be able to set emails you send to…
What is ProtonMail, the service used by Cambridge Analytica to cover its tracks?
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If you’ve been out of the loop of the Facebook/privacy/Cambridge Analytica scandal that has ruled headlines over the past week, there’s a small yet incredibly important detail you may have missed.
Cambridge Analytica — the data analytics firm that came under fire this weekend for maliciously collecting information on 50 million Facebook users — reportedly used a self-destructing, encrypted email service called ProtonMail to cover its tracks, covering up correspondence between the company and third parties, according to a Channel 4 News investigation published Wednesday. The firm set emails to self-delete after two hours and urged clients to use the service as well, per footage captured of former CEO Alexander Nix talking to a journalist posing as a would-be client. Read more…
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ProtonMail encrypted mail service adds support for Apple Mail, Outlook and Thunderbird
Mr. Robot’s email service of choice just expanded its support for a handful of popular email clients. ProtonMail just introduced a new tool, called ProtonMail Bridge, that could expand its relatively niche appeal to more mainstream users who aren’t yet comfortable with giving up their email client habits.
ProtonMail, built around the encryption standard known as PGP (Pretty Good… Read More
ProtonMail bolts on an encrypted contacts manager and digital signing for contacts
Another neat addition to end-to-end encrypted email client ProtonMail: It’s added a zero-access encrypted contacts manager that also digitally signs the contact info you store in it. Read More