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HelpNet Security, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
The OpenSSL Project has released version 3.5.0 of its widely used open-source cryptographic library, introducing new features and notable changes that signal its evolution toward future-ready cryptography.
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Security Boulevard, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
As quantum computing continues to evolve, the security of our digital infrastructure is under increasing scrutiny. While quantum computers promise groundbreaking advancements, they also pose a significant threat to the cryptographic algorithms that protect sensitive information across the internet.
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CSO Online, Thursday, March 27th, 2025
From private information retrieval to federated learning, new approaches to securing information are not only resulting in practical data security solutions but also ways of rethinking data foundations.
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HelpNet Security, Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
Last year, NIST standardized a set of encryption algorithms that can keep data secure from a cyberattack by a future quantum computer. Now, NIST has selected a backup algorithm that can provide a second line of defense for the task of general encryption, which safeguards internet traffic and stored data alike.
more → Analytics Insight, Monday, March 10th, 2025
Enhancing Security with Quantum-Based Encryption Solutions
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HelpNet Security, Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Governments in the UK, US, and Europe are pressuring tech companies to weaken encryption in the name of security. The latest push from the UK government demanding Apple create a backdoor to encrypted iCloud data is just one example, one that should alarm privacy advocates, businesses, and governments.
more → LinuxLinks, Monday, March 3rd, 2025
The importance of security should never be underestimated. The consequences of losing data can be disastrous for any organization. For example, the loss of a single unencrypted laptop may have huge repercussions.
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Analytics Insight, Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
The Power of Quantum Cryptography in Securing Data
more → Cyber Defense Magazine, Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Cryptography has been the backbone of security in our digital world, and it continues to grow in importance as more services, capabilities, and our lives become ever more digital.
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TechCrunch, Saturday, February 15th, 2025
Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the U.K. government is seeking to force Apple to open up iCloud's end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) device backup offering.
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The Verge, Thursday, February 13th, 2025
The encryption wars have reached a fever pitch, and the most contentious battle is not happening in the United States, where much of the action has been in the past - like the government's efforts to restrict exports of encryption software until the 1990s and the FBI's standoff with Apple in 2016.
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Analytics Insight, Friday, January 31st, 2025
Keep Cybercriminals Crying: The Best Encryption Tools of 2025!
more → Search Security, Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
Scrambling plaintext into ciphertext is essential to ensure data cannot be read or used by the wrong people. Learn the basics of symmetric key encryption algorithms here.
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Security Boulevard, Thursday, January 9th, 2025
Digital certificates play an important role in shaping the modern digital ecosystem, offering a much-needed foundation of trust through the power of authentication and encryption.
more → The Register, Saturday, January 4th, 2025
When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business
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Security Boulevard, Saturday, January 4th, 2025
Why is Harnessing Non-Human Identities Central to Your Cybersecurity Strategy?
more → Security Boulevard, Friday, January 3rd, 2025
Encryption is a powerful tool for safeguarding sensitive data, but its effectiveness hinges on proper security.
more → Security Boulevard, Friday, January 3rd, 2025
Effective Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management needs to combine ways of handling PKI infrastructure along with the recommended best practices.
more → Security Boulevard, Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
In 2025, postquantum cryptography (PQC) will drive major transformations in the PKI space, with announcements of PQC capabilities, adoption of quantum-safe Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and standardized PQC algorithms in private PKI. Organizations must adapt early to safeguard sensitive data and stay ahead of emerging quantum threats.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, December 30th, 2024
How Do Non-Human Identities Impact Secret Management?
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, December 23rd, 2024
Why cryptography is important and how it's continually evolving
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, December 23rd, 2024
In today's interconnected world, the integrity of software has never been more critical.
more → ITProToday, Thursday, December 19th, 2024
FHE adoption will be driven by collaboration, open standards, and industry-wide efforts to address privacy and security challenges, including law enforcement's embrace of encryption for national security.
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Security Boulevard, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
Cryptographic keys are a foundational element of modern cybersecurity. They serve to keep data safely encrypted and help maintain secure networks for client-server communication. Unfortunately, this makes them a prime target for hackers.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, December 16th, 2024
Quantum computing was long considered to be part of a distant future. However, it is quickly becoming a reality. Google's recent announcement of its Willow quantum computing chip is a breakthrough generating significant media attention and questions about the implications for cybersecurity.
more → Cyber Defense Magazine, Thursday, December 12th, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of cryptography, traditional encryption methods safeguarding data at rest and in transit remain foundational to cybersecurity strategies.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, December 9th, 2024
Public key infrastructure (PKI) has long been the bedrock of secure digital interactions, powering encryption, authentication and digital signatures that protect everything from financial transactions to personal communications.
more → ComputerWorld, Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Apple has been battling to maintain encryption for a decade. Two federal agencies now see it as a way to fend off foreign hackers.
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Security Boulevard, Friday, November 22nd, 2024
Quantum computing has long been a topic of intense research and debate, particularly regarding its potential impact on current cryptographic systems.
more → OpenSource For U, Thursday, November 14th, 2024
The importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. The SSL 2.0 handshake protocol plays a great role in ensuring data remains secure and does not reach the wrong hands. But it does have some weaknesses, and hence the emergence of SSL 3.0.
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Security Boulevard, Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
As thve year winds down, it's the perfect time to pause for retrospection. 2024 has been both exciting and challenging for the PKI and CLM space, pushing the industry to rethink strategies and adapt.
more → Cyber Defense Magazine, Monday, November 4th, 2024
The ever-evolving landscape of data security demands constant vigilance, especially for those handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
more → linuxiac, Thursday, October 24th, 2024
OpenSSL 3.4 brings new cryptographic features, including integrity-only cipher suites for TLS 1.3, ECC optimizations, and FIPS provider updates.
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CSO Online, Monday, October 14th, 2024
The research team, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, found that D-Wave's quantum computers can optimize problem-solving in a way that makes it possible to attack encryption methods such as RSA.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, October 14th, 2024
Everyone knows the cost and frequency of data breaches are rising. The question is, do you know if your data is truly secure? I have news for you. It's not.
more → Security Boulevard, Thursday, September 26th, 2024
Quantum computing, often touted as the 'next big revolution,' is a widely discussed topic in the tech world today. As breakthroughs in quantum research bring us closer to the reality of commercially viable quantum computers, discussions around their potential impact on current cryptography are intensifying.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, September 23rd, 2024
Lattice-based cryptography is a quantum-resistant encryption method that uses complex mathematical lattices, offering security against quantum computing attacks.
more → SC Media, Friday, September 13th, 2024
Progress on the development of quantum computers has progressed steadily. Governments around the world have committed billions of dollars to invest in the development of quantum computers.
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Security Boulevard, Monday, September 9th, 2024
Recently, NIST made a significant announcement, releasing the first set of post-quantum encryption standards, born out of an 8-year effort to develop cryptographic algorithms that can withstand attacks from both quantum and classical computers, and can interoperate with existing communications protocols and networks.
more → Security Boulevard, Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is a new generation of encryption algorithms for protecting data against powerful quantum computers.
more → InformationWeek, Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Develop new strategies to mitigate quantum risks, map vulnerabilities, prioritize high-value assets, prototype PQC impacts, and enhance cryptographic agility.
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Analytics Insight, Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
As the digital landscape evolves, so do the threats to data security. Traditional encryption methods, while robust, are increasingly vulnerable to the advancements in computing power, particularly with the advent of quantum computing.
more → Security Boulevard, Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
The recent standardization of first three post-quantum cryptography (PQC) encryption and digital signature algorithms by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially kicked off the race to PQC readiness.
more → HelpNet Security, Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
In this Help Net Security interview, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, discusses the writing and research process for Serious Cryptography, his latest book. With a career steeped in research and practical cryptography, Aumasson offers a rare glimpse into the efforts required to distill complex concepts into accessible knowledge for a broad audience.
more → CSO Online, Monday, August 19th, 2024
Three NIST-approved encryption algorithms set the stage for establishing PQC strategies, which - despite quantum computing's infancy - CISOs should begin launching given the attack techniques and challenges involved.
more → TechRepublic, Friday, August 16th, 2024
Although quantum computing is not yet widespread, current encryption methods pose a significant risk of cyberattacks, the agency said.
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Security Boulevard, Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its first three post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, a world-first designed to meet the threat of powerful quantum computers as well as the increasing encryption vulnerability to AI-based attacks.
more → The Record, Monday, August 12th, 2024
Three encryption tools designed to protect information against a quantum computer were publicly released on Tuesday by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a milestone for computer science and cryptography.
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DARKReading, Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
The AI boom and increasing popularity of quantum computing necessitates quantum-resilient security.
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Security Boulevard, Thursday, August 1st, 2024
The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology-and for good reason. Across the globe, the quantum community is making monumental strides toward building stable, commercially viable quantum computers.
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