An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking ...

It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.

The U.S. National Security Agency is attempting to build a new breed of supercomputer that theoretically could make short work of cracking most keys used for encrypted communications. The project to ...

Encryption is a key component of everyday life for most people, whether messaging on WhatsApp, shopping online, reading articles over a secure HTTPS connection, or protecting their passwords when ...

Security researchers have successfully broken one of the most secure encryption algorithms, 4096-bit RSA, by listening -- yes, with a microphone-- to a computer as it decrypts some encrypted data. The ...

The Signal Foundation, maker of the Signal Protocol that encrypts messages sent by more than a billion people, has rolled out an update designed to prepare for a very real prospect that’s never far ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The service formerly known as LogMeIn has confirmed attackers made off with customers’ encrypted backups and the ...