Two things jump to mind when it comes to encryption: It's a must-have for secure military installations, and it's a huge headache to implement among everyone else. Encryption's reputation as a ...

Antivirus software vendor Kaspersky is launching an international effort to try to crack the encryption used in a "blackmailer" virus that locks up data on a victim's computer. The company announced ...

Even though business is booming on the Internet, many computer users remain concerned about online security. An experiment by someDuke University computer scientistsshows that low levels of computer ...

RSA is dead, long live RSA! At the end of December 2022, Chinese researchers published a paper claiming that they can crack RSA encryption using current-generation quantum computing. For decades, the ...

Chinese researchers have claimed a significant breakthrough in the realm of encryption, stating that they have managed to crack algorithms commonly used in banking and cryptocurrency. The team, led by ...

Almost every aspect of life is managed through smart screens, and the security of personal information becomes an ...

The agency has access to individuals' most private information, including banking reports, medical records and email, reports Jeff Larson of ProPublica. Host Scott Simon speaks to Larson, whose ...

The takeaway: Experts have long warned about the threat that conventional cryptography faces from quantum computers, potentially undermining the foundational security of all digital encryption. New ...

The Playfair cipher is an incredibLe code system that is both difficult to decrypt without a computer and easily solvable by hand. You might be familiar with the Cryptoquip in the comics section of a ...