The term "military-grade encryption" is powerfully evocative, summoning images of impenetrable bunkers or hardened, isolated networks deep in secure government facilities. It's a term bandied around ...

Section 1. Background and Policy. The advent of large-scale quantum computers, particularly in the hands of adversaries, will pose a significant threat to widely used cryptographic security systems.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Meta Platforms and WhatsApp on May 21, 2026, in a Harrison County district court, alleging that the companies spent years telling 3.3 billion users that "not ...

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...

West Pharmaceutical Services disclosed that it was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in data exfiltration and system encryption. The company said that it detected a compromise on May 4th. An ...

iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone after six weeks of beta testing. The update adds fresh wallpapers, new features to Apple Maps, and more. Perhaps most notably, iOS 26.5 adds support for ...

With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing ...

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Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more efficient than ever before. By harnessing a 19th-century optics phenomenon ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

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 ...