The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt data without overloading them. According to Cisco Talos researchers, ...

Qiang Tang receives funding from Google via Digital Future Initiative to support the research on this project. Moti Yung works for Google as a distinguished research scientist. Yanan Li is supported ...

AI could speed up “Q-Day,” when quantum computers break today’s encryption—threatening crypto, cybersecurity, and global finance. Experts warn “Q-Day” may hit by 2030, as AI accelerates quantum ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Quantum computers can process large amounts of data based on quantum mechanics. What would ...

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption keeps messages private and can't be fully turned off, but some users may want limited control for monitoring or backups. You can manage encryption in backups by ...

In our hyper-connected world, we rely on encrypted communications every day—to shop online, digitally sign documents, make bank transactions, check our steps on fitness trackers. But today's ...