An aging core internet protocol is finally getting the ax by Microsoft Corp. But it wasn’t just last month’s announcement that the software vendor was ending support for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of ...

With the revelations that the Paris and San Bernardino attackers used encrypted communications to recruit, communicate and plan their attacks, the U.S. government is again pushing the tech industry to ...

If you’re like most people, you likely use your home internet to pay bills, shop online, send emails, watch movies and more.

For those counting, 2030 is five short years to deprecate most of the encryption for data in motion worldwide. NIST warns that “Historically, the journey from algorithm standardization to full ...

Encryption keys are vital to the secure operation of payment acceptance devices. But key transport protocols have not kept pace with the movement toward standardized encryption practices. This adds ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inching closer to developing two new encryption standards to protect the federal government from new and emerging cybersecurity threats.

European security researchers have found an alarming new vulnerability in the most common forms of email encryption. The attack, described in a report published Monday morning, lets bad actors inject ...

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A protocol designed and promoted by the British government for encrypting voice calls has a by-design weakness built into it that could allow for mass surveillance, according to a University College ...

Apple has rolled out an update to iMessage encryption, the likes of which includes post-quantum protections that the company calls the “most significant cryptographic security upgrade” in the ...

Aside from the VPN connection itself, Avast Secureline VPN provides dedicated servers for streaming and torrenting. On most platforms (not iOS), it supports basic split tunnelling. It also provides a ...

Messaging app Viber rolled out its own end-to-end encryption update yesterday, following in the footsteps of its competitor, WhatsApp, and allowing users to keep their calls and messages private. But ...