Cryptocat, an open source encrypted web-based chat client, is now available for iOS Devices from the Apple's App store, which was initially rejected by the Apple last December.

It is not clear why it was rejected previously, but the good news is that, now 'Cryptocat' is available for all iOS Devices. So far Cryptocat was only available for Linux and Mac OS X, and as an extension for web browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome 3, Apple Safari and Opera.

Cryptocat has become quite popular in the wake of the NSA Controversy, because of its end-to-end encryption that doesn’t allow anyone in the middle to read your messages.

Cryptocat for iPhone uses the OTR protocol for private conversations, a cryptographic protocol for secure instant messaging, and perfect forward secrecy, a system that constantly generates new user keys. So, snoops cannot decrypt older messages.

It doesn't require any username or account rather just one time nickname makes the conversion possible and everything is lost after the conversation has been finished. Cryptocat Servers are held in a Cold War Nuclear bunker in Sweden to protect them from government intrusion.

With revelations of NSA spying and some of the most jaw-dropping surveillance leaks, many people feel unencrypted and central-server service is bad in most of the cases, but end-to-end encryption can be used to reduce this problem.

Worldwide Government surveillance raises privacy concerns and acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook also made us think about the security concern with chat applications as well; though it was not so secure previously.

People who care about having their SMS and Instant messages protected from prying eyes, now they can use end-to-end encrypted services, like TextSecure. It is a free Android-based messaging app, completly open-source, easy to use and designed with privacy in mind.

Encrypting the stored data on the servers is as important as transferring data over an encrypted connection, but the most important factor of the encryption is that 'who has the decryption key'. If the company has the keys, then Government could snoop through your files.

TextSecure provides frictionless end-to-end i.e. local encryption to solve the privacy and security issues i.e. Local encryption and decryption. With end-to-end encryption, the data is decrypted only at the end points. All messages that are sent or received with TextSecure are stored in an encrypted database.

We can call TextSecure as a 'peer-to-peer messaging app', where messages are encrypted on one end, and only after they reach their intended recipients they are decrypted.

TextSecure developed by a team that includes security researcher and cryptographer Moxie Marlinspike, who also created the secure RedPhone app. Latest release now offers encrypted group chat, media attachments and push messaging capabilities and for security point of view, it includes advanced ratchet, and enhanced deniability. TextSecure also provides forward secrecy in asynchronous mode which is not possible if you are using GPG to encrypt your communication.

While creating an account with TextSecure, you will be asked to create a password, used to encrypt all secret information, and users are recommended to select a strong password here, but keep in mind that a lost password cannot be recovered.

In order to ensure that no 'man in the middle' attack has occurred, one can verify the recipient key's fingerprint by selecting options from menu i.e. Secure Session Options > Verify Recipient Identity.

Android users can install this secure messaging application from Google Play Store, but if you have an iPhone then you have to wait, because in coming months TextSecure will be going fully cross-platform and will release an iOS app and a Web browser add-on.

In a previous post, we have recommended a few more Secure Instant Messaging applications.. Have a look.

Since, we are living in the era where nothing could be possible without the help of the Internet. From every unimportant to every major and important data are stored in our computers and servers, and there is a massive growth in the volume of data all around us.

But, computer drives can fail, and usually they give no advance warning. One minute they're working fine, and the next minute they're toasted. Data loss can be very costly, and due to the increase in cyber threat these days, all computer data is at risk from threats or damage. Even with the most reliable equipment and the most secure operating environment, there is always the possibility of something going wrong.

So, a solution to all problems is to have a backup of entire data stored on your computer, and for that it is important for you to have a right choice. Want to know - How to backup the server/workstation? Well, there are many options, some are reliable and some are not.

Now, at this point, you won’t find a better option than EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation as your commercial backup solution, because it had already been the most comprehensive free backup solution supporting both file and image backup, so it covers all aspects of protecting your sensitive data through backup and recovery means.

The EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation is one of the powerful data backup software, that offers you some more interesting features in comparison to its previous version, that other software usually doesn’t offers.

BACKUP System Drives & Android Devices: It enables you a reliable data backup & recovery solution, to secure specific files, emails, and even complete system/drives and also the new version provides you to backup data, including contacts, messages, call logs, documents, music, photos, and videos in Android devices as well.

It also offers you to create different backup plans by assigning each with a custom name, description and allow you to send it to a specific location on your computer system on an external drive.

Double Layer - Online Backup: We consider cloud-based backup as being the most reliable backup solution these days. You can keep backups of your data on an online storage service for double protection of your data, can set the level of compression for files, can also split files into a number of fragments, can schedule your backups as needed, and it sends email notifications when the task is done. You can limit network speed and even send a backup copy to FTP Server.
The EaseUS Todo Backup provides you an efficient system backup and recovery. It offers you remote control feature for remote backups and recovery sessions and takes a snapshot of the current system for fast system recovery from crashed or failed system.

Encryption: EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation allows you to encrypt data to a maximum strength of 256-bit Advanced encryption standard (AES) with passwords from unauthorized access.

In addition to backup, EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation also offers you an advanced set of tools that you can use to clone disks and partitions, check images, wipe data, create an emergency disk, mount and unmount images as well.

Backups can be a life-saver in these extreme cases and EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation software helps you in recovering system and data from crashes and malware infections, such as Ransomware attack.

EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation lets you save and organize the really important things, it is available for Download from the EaseUS official website and supported on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 (x86 and x64) systems.