The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing that the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a popular encryption algorithm, lose its certification for use in software products sold ...

Karsten Nohl, the founder of Berlin's Security Research Labs, has announced an exploit for SIM cards using the outdated 56-bit DES algorithm for its signature verification. The security researcher ...

A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...

MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Openwall, an open source-based, professional IT and security services company, has released an updated version of “John the Ripper,” a password security auditing tool and open ...

Algorithms for encrypting computer data come in two main varieties: symmetric and asymmetric. Each encryption type has inherent strengths and weaknesses. Symmetric algorithms convert plain-text data ...

Threats to computer and network security increase with each passing day and come from a growing number of sources. No computer or network is immune from attack. A recent concern is the susceptibility ...

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...

Researchers atMIT and theUniversity of Innsbruck last week announced that they had designed and constructed the world’s first scalable quantum computer, a development that could make existing ...

The powerful Netscreen-500 firewall and VPN combination with a Gigabit fiber interface delivers exceptional high-bandwidth throughput, transferring data at almost 750M bps across the firewall and as ...