For years, Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite has helped governments and police around the world break into confiscated mobile phones, mostly by exploiting vulnerabilities that went overlooked ...

Apple offered Frederic Jacobs, a developer behind Signal, an internship with the company. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering ...

Anyone wondering if Apple was going to be cowed by the FBI’s ongoing pressures might find some relief in the company’s most recent hire: Frederic Jacobs, previously a lead developer for Signal, one of ...

A long-standing Signal encryption key vulnerability in the company’s desktop apps is finally being fixed. The fix will fully secure the Mac app, but the company ...

Apple has hired one of the key developers of Signal, the secure encrypted messaging service that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden uses. Apple has indicated that it plans to upgrade the security on ...

Signal, one of the most secure messaging apps, essentially told Australia this week that its attempts to thwart strong crypto are rather cute. "By design, Signal does not have a record of your ...

The encrypted-communication app Signal has a sterling reputation within the security and crypto community, but its critics point to a nagging flaw: The app asks for access to your phone's contact list ...

End-to-end encrypted instant messaging app Signal is working on adding support for ephemeral multimedia messages -- namely, images and videos that can be viewed once and are then automatically deleted ...