As the clock rolled over to 00:00 on 1 January 2000, the Y2K bug failed to deliver the chaos many had predicted. ATMs hiccupped briefly – credit card machines stopped working, some bus ticket systems ...

The clock is ticking on Q-Day, the looming yet unknown date when quantum computing will have the capacity to quickly and easily break the encryption keys that keep most internet communication safe.

Facepalm: A couple of years ago, Kaspersky Lab tested the resilience of hashed passwords against a modern gaming GPU. Now, the Moscow-based security firm has updated its study and found that things ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today. The feature is listed in Apple's iOS 26.5 release notes. Apple says ...

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...

Srinivas Shekar, Founder and CEO, Pantherun Technologies. This growth in illicit activity has pushed encryption to the center of debates about national security, law enforcement and civil liberties.

Apple has reintroduced end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS conversations with Android users in the iOS 26.5 developer beta, preventing third parties from reading cross-platform texts. The feature ...

During the iOS 26.4 beta cycle, Apple let users test out RCS messaging with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). From the very first beta though, Apple was clear that E2EE for RCS was only being tested in ...

According to Google, Q-Day—the point at which modern encryption becomes obsolete in the face of quantum computers capable of breaking it instantly—is approaching. Google suggests the day may arrive as ...

Broadcom is padding post-quantum security with its Emulex SecureHBA adapters now integrated into Everpure’s FlashArray storage systems, allowing enterprises to encrypt data traveling between ...

It may have escaped notice for many, but Instagram has employed end-to-end encryption for its messaging since 2023. It won’t for much longer. Meta has confirmed that on May 8, end-to-end encryption ...

Chinese experts say the post-quantum cryptography standards developed for the US may not be secure enough, and would rather wait a few years for something better. China is reportedly planning to ...