Tag Archives: Cryptography
China passes law regulating data encryption
China isn't known for respecting privacy, but it's readying legislation that will address it all the same. The country has passed a law that will regulate cryptography in the country for both government and private uses when it takes effect on Janua...
Cloudflare wants to protect the internet from quantum computing
Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize health care, AI, financial modeling, weather simulation and more. It's also going to shake up encryption as we know it. Without advances in post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing could make i...
MIT crypto system shares police data without wrecking investigations
Law enforcement routinely secures orders requiring that tech companies hand over data, but the targets of those requests don't always know if they've been under the microscope -- especially if there were never charges in the first place. MIT's CSAIL...
China is launching an ‘unhackable’ quantum messaging service
China has been active in the field of quantum cryptography lately, and now it's gearing up to use the technology in an "unhackable" government messaging service. While existing internet and telephone cables can easily be tapped, quantum networks send...
UK’s Bletchley Park to host cybersecurity boarding school
Bletchley Park will once again serve as a cryptographic hub in the UK. Plans are afoot to create a new "National College of Cyber Security" in G-Block, a building which is currently in a state of disrepair. It's scheduled to open in 2018 and will ser...
Google tinkers with Chrome cryptosecurity to fight quantum hacks
Today's encryption is an arms race as digital security experts try to hold off hackers' attempts to break open user data. But there's a new tech on the horizon that even the NSA recognizes as crucial to protect against: quantum computing, which is ex...
Researchers hide messages in a sea of spam
Researchers are trying quantum cryptography and other exotic ways to keep your missives safe, but here's a new one: junk mail. A team of computer scientists from MIT's CSAIL have devised a system called "Vuvuzela" that adds noise to messages, making...
Slack Got Hacked in February
Slack, a communication platform for teams, has revealed that there has been unauthorized access to a Slack database storing user profile information."We are very aware that our service is essential...
UK PM David Cameron to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat
David Cameron may block WhatsApp nd Snapchat if he wins the re-election efforts. At least he has this on his agenda. The recent Paris shootings prompted David to go ahead with some pretty tough...