Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In today’s networks, more than 90% of traffic is encrypted, obscuring both legitimate business data and increasingly sophisticated threats. Forcing every TLS/SSL stream through decryption tools introduces latency, privacy risks, and compliance headaches—so many teams simply turn off inspection and leave dangerous blind spots. Security teams urgently need an encrypted traffic inspection that delivers full encrypted traffic visibility without ever breaking end-to-end encryption.

Symmetric cryptography powers everything from HTTPS to JWT tokens, but key management remains a significant challenge. This developer guide covers three critical use cases—session keys, self-use keys, and pre-shared keys—with practical strategies for secure generation, rotation, and storage.

Last week, Binance began enforcing jurisdiction-specific regulations requiring Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for certain crypto withdrawals and deposits (Binance US is not affected). These updates carry immediate operational and compliance implications for Fireblocks customers based in Japan, New Zealand, India, the UAE, Bahrain, South Africa, Poland, France, and Kazakhstan who transact with Binance.

In July 2024, Google introduced a new feature to better protect cookies in Chrome: AppBound Cookie Encryption. This new feature was able to disrupt the world of infostealers, forcing the malware developers to quickly modify their malware to adapt to the latest protections. In the new era of cookie protection, infostealer malware either need direct access to the Chrome process or to run with elevated privileges.

This blog is the second part of a two-part series on post-quantum cryptography (PQC). In Part 1, we explored how the Harvest Now, Decrypt Later (HNDL) strategy has moved from crypto-conspiracy theory to a real threat model. This follow-up dives into how forward-thinking enterprises are already operationalizing PQC in their day-to-day security efforts—and how your team can take practical steps to do the same before quantum risk becomes quantum reality.

Interested in learning more about cryptography but don’t know where to start? We break down the common cryptography terms in a simple and clear way, to help you understand how companies encrypt your data in a safe and secure way. From there, you can dive deeper into the world of cryptography and learn more about this important and fascinating concept.

A newly identified strain of commodity ransomware named Mamona has emerged in the cybercriminal underground. This threat diverges from typical ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models by functioning entirely offline, relying on custom-built cryptographic routines and deploying no external command-and-control (C2) infrastructure.