An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography.

The LeakNet ransomware gang is now using the ClickFix technique for initial access into corporate environments and deploys a ...

Every time you pay online, your data is protected by a maths problem nobody has proved is unbreakable. Here is what that means, and why the world is already preparing for the worst.

Right now, criminal and state-sponsored hackers are intercepting and storing encrypted data they cannot yet decode. Likely targets include everything from corporate secrets and medical records to ...

In mathematics, proofs can be written down and shared. In cryptography, when people are trying to avoid revealing their secrets, proofs are not always so simple—but a new result significantly closes ...

As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today's encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful alternative—quantum cryptography—offers security based on the laws of ...

FiiO’s M33 R2R enters the ~$600 DAP segment with a discrete ladder DAC and high expectations—but key specs and Bluetooth support remain unanswered. It’s a familiar pattern: FiiO shipped more than ...

Quantum computing used to sound like something for the far future. Interesting, futuristic, but not something that would affect your business or your data anytime soon. That’s changing. Fast. The ...

A report about declining math preparation at UC San Diego has been generating hysterical headlines in national news outlets. The steep drops in math performance of incoming students, highlighted in a ...

Usually, a story about hacking a coded message will have some computer element or, at least, a machine like an Enigma. But [Ruth Selman] recently posted a challenge asking if anyone could decrypt an ...