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Hackers use various methods to crack passwords, and one of them is the rainbow table attack. In certain cases, this method can be faster than dictionary attacks or credential stuffing. In this article, we explore how rainbow table attacks work and d

The more personal information we share on the internet, the greater the privacy risks that make us vulnerable to identity theft. This issue affects millions globally, impacting people financially and personally, with over 24 million victims in 2021 i

Ensuring HIPAA compliance is crucial for any healthcare business that handles sensitive patient information. Failing to use HIPAA-compliant services, such as email, can result in severe consequences, including hefty fines and legal repercussions. If

Data breaches are increasingly common. Whenever you sign up for an online service, you provide it with personal information that’s valuable to hackers, such as email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, and more. Unfortunately, many online services f

Your email address is your online identity, and you share it whenever you create a new account for an online service. While this offers convenience, it also leaves your identity exposed if hackers manage to breach the services you use. Data breaches

Our mission at Proton is to help usher in an internet that protects your privacy by default, secures your data, and gives you the freedom of choice. Today we’re taking another step in this direction with the launch of our open source password manage

The email addresses and other sensitive information of 918 British MPs, members of the European Parliament, and French deputies and senators have been leaked to dark web marketplaces where data is illegally bought and sold. As part of our investigati

A cyberattack on national public employment service France Travail has exposed the personal data of as many as 43 million people.  The latest breach is the second major cybersecurity attack to happen in France in the past month, raising concerns abo

Last year, Big Tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft) received about $3.04 billion in fines for breaking laws on both sides of the Atlantic. As of seven days and three hours into 2024, they had already earned enough revenue to

Hackers use various methods to crack passwords, and one of them is the rainbow table attack. In certain cases, this method can be faster than dictionary attacks or credential stuffing. In this article, we explore how rainbow table attacks work and d

The more personal information we share on the internet, the greater the privacy risks that make us vulnerable to identity theft. This issue affects millions globally, impacting people financially and personally, with over 24 million victims in 2021 i

Email threads are so ubiquitous you might not realize what they are. An email thread is basically a series of related emails grouped together.  This article will tell you everything you need to know about what exactly an email thread is and when you

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has become notorious as the legal justification allowing federal agencies like the NSA, CIA, and FBI to perform warrantless wiretaps, which sweep up the data of hundreds of thousands of US citi

We recently announced that Proton Pass now supports passkeys for everyone across all devices. Universal compatibility is a unique approach to implementing passkeys, unfortunately. Even though passkeys were developed by the FIDO Alliance and the Worl

Apple’s marketing team has built a powerful association between the iPhone and privacy. The company’s ad campaigns claim that “what happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone.” And, “Privacy. That’s iPhone.” But Apple’s lawyers are telling a diffe

If there were still doubts over whether Apple is an abusive monopolist, they were emphatically dismissed this week. Apple’s new app store policy that it claims will bring it into compliance with Europe’s Digital Markets Act is a textbook case of mali

It has recently become fashionable among “privacy” companies based outside of Switzerland to attack the notion of “Swiss privacy”. Such assertions usually take the line of “Switzerland is not special because it also has X, Y, Z”, and then draw a fals

Proton’s encryption is open source and available for public inspection. Because we use open standards, the encryption that Proton utilizes is also publicly discussed and debated as part of the IETF standardization process. That’s why it is always sur

Ensuring HIPAA compliance is crucial for any healthcare business that handles sensitive patient information. Failing to use HIPAA-compliant services, such as email, can result in severe consequences, including hefty fines and legal repercussions. If

Secure, seamless communication is the foundation of every business. As more organizations secure their data with Proton, we’ve dramatically expanded our ecosystem with new products and services, from our password manager to Dark Web Monitoring for cr

Businesses are increasingly dealing with the fallout from cybercrime: The number of attacks is on the rise and the damage done is growing exponentially. One of the most common vulnerabilities for organizations are their passwords. Since they are your