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Signal, a messaging app known for its focus on user privacy, now sees itself forced to address what it calls "future quantum computing threats" and is preparing for the day when extremely powerful ...

Encryption is the secret sauce that keeps private information private as it travels across the internet. Apps like Apple’s iMessage use it to protect the contents of your communication, as do other ...

In a paper published Thursday, researchers illustrated how to access a computer's memory and scan the secret encryption keys used to scramble files. The report, titled "Lest We Remember: Cold Boot ...

Active Cypher built a mini-quantum computer (repurposed hardware running quantum algorithms) to prove that conventional encryption (RSA + AES) is nearing the end. This is designed to be a wake-up call ...

One of the most well-established and disruptive uses for a future quantum computer is the ability to crack encryption. A new algorithm could significantly lower the barrier to achieving this. Despite ...

The FinWise breach shows that when insider threats strike, encryption is the last line of defense. Penta Security's D.AMO ...

Here's a security update to haunt your dreams, and to make the FBI's quest for un-exploitable cryptographic backdoors look all the more absurd: a team of Israeli researchers has now shown that the ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today said it has chosen four encryption tools designed to protect against quantum computer attacks for a planned ...

Messages we send through the airwaves should be encrypted. But some are not. In fact, a lot of clear satellite transmissions ...