The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recommended minimum key sizes of 2048-bits for the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm (RSA) and ...

Virus analysts at Kaspersky Lab (my employer) have intercepted a new variant of Gpcode, a malicious virus that encrypts important files on an infected desktop and demands payment for a key to recover ...

It’s actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments – to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman key exchange groups, so it’s time for ...

As computers and math techniques become more powerful and sophisticated, current encryption standards could be made obsolete in as little as five years The strength of the encryption used now to ...

Google is changing the length of its encryption keys from 1,024-bit to 2,048-bit, including the root certificates that sign all SSL certificates. What are the practical effects of such a switch from a ...

In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and ...

Researchers are closing in on deciphering 1,024-bit RSA encryption, security industry watchers said following an unprecedented numbers-cracking feat by a group of French, German, and Japanese ...

Facebook still uses encryption keys with 1,024-bit lengths, while the industry standard used by Internet companies -- including Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Dropbox, and MySpace -- is 2,048 bits, and ...

A 307-digit composite Mersenne number has been broken down into primes, and 1024-bit RSA keys are next, according to encryption researchers. Researchers from the University of Lausanne, the University ...

Google announced this week that it has begun upgrading its SSL certificates from 1024-bit keys to 2048-bit keys, a move that should help add an extra layer of security for anyone who uses the search ...

There have been several rumors in the past detailing how the National Security Agency (NSA) can decrypt a substantial portion of encoded Internet traffic. This should not come as a surprise to some ...