Cisco recommends using AES-CBC for encryption and SHA1 for authentication to protect against performance risks to some of its Catalyst and ASR gear. To reduce the risk of service problems, Cisco is ...

A new piece of ransomware known as BitCrypt is deploying a brand of encryption that is incredibly weak and easily broken. A new piece of ransomware that emerged earlier this month is encrypting its ...

Google has initiated a process to revoke trust from any certificates that rely on the outdated SHA-1crytpographic hash algorithm. Google announced Friday it will begin the process of phasing out the ...

Chief information security officers (CISOs) have learned to live with uncertainty—supply chain threats, zero-day exploits, and shadow IT. But one of the most dangerous blind spots is also one of the ...

Encryption forms the backbone of digital security but now faces a fundamental challenge: the emergence of quantum computers.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has raised concerns about vulnerabilities in two government applications, which could potentially allow hackers to take control of the systems.

A widely used cryptographic algorithm used to secure sensitive websites, software, and corporate servers is weak enough that well-financed criminals could crack it in the next six years, a ...