May 3, 2019Why Your Vendor’s Errors Could Cost You Millions in HIPAA FinesData breaches usually don’t involve a dark room with a hacker in a hoodie hunched over a computer. …Healthcare4 min readHealthcare4 min read
Apr 11, 2019Announcing a Free Wordpress Plugin to Protect Your User PasswordsThe Virgil Security “Pure” WordPress Plugin is a free tool that protects WordPress user passwords from data breaches and both online and offline attacks, and renders stolen passwords useless if your database is compromised. …WordPress2 min readWordPress2 min read
Mar 18, 2019Salting + Hashing and Storing the Encryption Key in the Database is No Longer Compliant — With AnythingOur users were encrypting their data, but not their passwords or PII in the database. And that defeats the whole point. — Virgil Security is proud to announce PureKit, a developer tool for protecting passwords and sensitive data like PII stored in a database. Pure stands for “Password and User Records Encryption” and is based on the PHE service (Password-Hardened Encryption). PureKit replaces password hashing with a more advanced solution that prevents…Security5 min readSecurity5 min read
Jan 25, 2019Virgil Security and Twilio: End-to-End Encryption Made EasyWith e3kit, a new client-side SDK for Twilio, it’s now even easier to add end-to-end encryption to your Twilio product. e3kit is an end-to-end encryption SDK with a simpler set-up process, and it has features like multi-device support already built in. In this post, we’ll walk you through how e3kit…Encryption6 min readEncryption6 min read
Aug 3, 2018Build a HIPAA-Compliant Firebase Chat App with Virgil SecurityHi there. We’re the team behind Twilio’s end-to-end encrypted HIPAA-compliant messaging and many health and IoT products that use the awesome innovation of end-to-end encryption to build a whole new world of privacy-first products. After years of seeing frustrated developers not be able to implement HIPAA-compliant secure chat apps on…Encryption8 min readEncryption8 min read
Aug 1, 2018Telegram’s New Passport Service is Vulnerable to Brute Force AttacksBy Alexey Ermishkin, Chief Product Security Officer at Virgil Security, Inc. and co-author of the NoiseSocket protocol Telegram recently announced Telegram Passport, a new service that allows users to upload and store documents such as their passport, drivers license, and bank statements and then share them with third party services…Security7 min readSecurity7 min read
Jul 19, 2018The Virgil Security Team Stops at Webit Festival in Sofia, BulgariaThe Virgil World Tour made its first international stop in Sofia! The city has been called “a hidden gem” by VentureBeat, and the “digital capital of the new markets” and one of the top 10 cities in the world to launch a startup by Forbes. …Privacy3 min readPrivacy3 min read
Jun 29, 2018What We Saw at DeveloperWeek NYCLast week the Virgil World Tour brought the Virgil Security team to DeveloperWeek NYC, the world’s largest conference series for developers and developer executives, in Brooklyn blocks from startups like Kickstarter. On this Virgil World Tour stop, we got back to basics and hosted a series of educational programming about…Privacy3 min readPrivacy3 min read
Jun 12, 2018WWDC and AltConf: The Land of Secure and Privacy-First AppsHighlights from AltConf and WWDC 2018 from Virgil Security The Virgil Security team is back home and unpacking our bags from a great week sponsoring AltConf. For 4 days, we set up shop next door to WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference, and met hundreds of developers, product managers and friends from Firebase and Twilio. One of the key themes…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Jun 4, 2018Firebase Is Now Riding the End-to-End Encryption WaveHowdy Firebase community! We’re Virgil Security, the tech behind Twilio’s End-to-End Encrypted Messaging, securing hundreds of apps and IoT products on the Internet today. We receive a ton of requests from Firebase developers; they love the Firebase platform, but are concerned about its privacy and security. …Privacy3 min readPrivacy3 min read
