Abstract: Public-key Encryption with Keyword Search (PEKS) is a promising cryptographic mechanism that enables a semi-trusted cloud server to perform (on-demand) keyword searches over encrypted data ...

New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private ...

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...

Google is facing renewed security scrutiny after researchers revealed that publicly exposed API keys can be abused to access Gemini AI services. The issue centers on Google API keys embedded in client ...

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...

Viral social network “Moltbook” built entirely by artificial intelligence leaked authentication tokens, private messages and user emails through missing security controls in production environment.

A self-styled social networking platform built for AI agents contained a misconfigured database which allowed full read and write access to all data, security researchers have revealed. Moltbook was ...

Microsoft was asked last year to give the FBI access to the encryption keys used by BitLocker to protect data on three laptops. The company complied and warned that it receives around 20 similar ...

Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 11:00 CET | 14:00 - 17:00 HK/SG Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Future of Finance at Citi, discusses why post-quantum cryptography is key to fighting quantum threats. Got a ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Future of Finance at Citi, discusses why post-quantum cryptography is key to fighting quantum threats. Iran unleashes massive attacks on day 13 of war Social Security ...

In context: Tech companies promote device encryption to reassure customers that their data remains private. Some, such as Apple, have resisted requests from authorities to bypass encryption. However, ...