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 ...

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 ...

Hacking and data breaches are a cost of doing business. One defence is to use encryption, but in the fast-approaching era of quantum computers that defence will fail. When quantum computers reach ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Chinese researchers say they have become the first people to use a quantum computer to compromise the type of ...