A replacement for one of the most-used algorithms in computer security has finally been chosen after a competition between cryptographers that ran for five years. The competition was designed to ...

At the Crypto 2004 conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., this week, researchers announced several weaknesses in common hash functions. These results, while mathematically significant, aren’t cause for ...

In our current times transactions are conducted online more than ever before. We use technology to do things like online banking, ecommerce, and investing— all of which involve sensitive and valuable ...