Even as federal agencies move their most sensitive systems to new forms of encryption following an order from the White House ...

RSA is a representative example of public-key cryptography, but the mathematical problem that serves as the basis for its ...

The past decade has witnessed scandal after scandal over private images maliciously or accidentally made public. A study from computer scientists at Columbia Engineering reveals what may be the first ...

Popular trojan is sneaking its way onto PCs via malspam campaign that uses three levels of encryption to sneak past cyber defenses. A recent wave of AZORult-laced spam caught the attention of ...

A new report from Venafi, based on in-depth security analysis of the world's top million websites over the last 18 months, shows the internet is becoming more secure. Use of encryption is increasing ...

Internet-connected gadgets like light bulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and ...

Researchers have developed a technique that leverages hardware and software to improve file system security for next-generation memory technologies called non-volatile memories (NVMs). The new ...

An emerging tactic amongst several ransomware groups has heightened concerns, but infosec experts say it's likely not going to be a game changer. Known as intermittent encryption, the new attack ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...