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 ...

Quantum computers may slam into hard architectural walls long before they can crack the encryption protecting online banking, government secrets, and critical infrastructure. Fresh theoretical ...

Investigation into the newly discovered Gauss cyber-surveillance family of malware has hit a brick wall -- specifically, a heavily encrypted payload that has prompted the researchers who discovered ...

Here we go again? FBI uses Texas shooting to revive phone encryption debate The FBI's Christopher Combs, speaking at a news conference in Texas today, said law enforcement has so far not been able to ...

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 ...

An encryption algorithm designed to protect calls on GSM phones has been broken by three cryptographers using only a dual-core, Intel -based Dell Latitude PC running Linux. In a paper released Tuesday ...

The amount of quantum computing power needed to crack a common data encryption technique has been reduced tenfold. This makes the encryption method even more vulnerable to quantum computers, which may ...

Despite Signal’s bulletproof encryption, law enforcement accessed incriminating chats from suspects who had deleted the app entirely-using a vulnerability that affects every iPhone and Android user ...

Republican senatators have proposed a new bill that would end the use of unbreakable encryption by tech companies on the basis that it helps “terrorists and other bad actors to conceal illicit ...