Researchers found that an encryption algorithm likely used by law enforcement and special forces can have weaknesses that ...

However, by implementing Grover's algorithm, quantum computers can essentially cut the key length in half -- a nearly inconceivable reduction in the amount of time required to crack a key.

But TEA1 has a feature that reduces its key to just 32 bits—less than half the key’s length. The researchers were able to crack it in less than a minute using a standard laptop and just four ...

You provide an encryption algorithm with a key and the data you want to protect (the plaintext), and it produces an encrypted output (the ciphertext).

You probably use some form of encryption almost every day, and you probably don't even think about it. But what is it and how does it work?

The predicted processing power of quantum computers is likely to make existing encryption algorithms obsolete. Quantum key distribution (QKD) has been posited as a possible solution. Computer ...

NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.

Encryption, or the ability to store and transmit information in a form that is unreadable to anyone other than intended persons, is a critical element of our defense to these attacks.