Kyoto University demonstrates the strength of its new cipher How do we know if the electronic keys we use in our devices are really secure? While it is possible to rigorously test the streng... Read more
When surveillance cameras began popping up in the 1970s and ’80s, they were welcomed as a crime-fighting tool, then as a way to monitor traffic congestion, factory floors and even baby cribs... Read more
The Internet is routinely described as borderless, and that is often how it feels. Tweet a photo or post a comment, and it is instantly viewable in nearly every country in the world. But a g... Read more
In recent months, government officials in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have made repeated calls for law-enforcement agencies to be able to access, upon due autho... Read more
Services used by hundreds of thousands of people in the UK to protect their identity on the web are vulnerable to leaks, according to researchers at QMUL and others. Virtual Private Networks... Read more
Revamped knapsack code offers online security for the future Washington State University mathematicians have designed an encryption code capable of fending off the phenomenal hacking power o... Read more
Einstein’s scepticism about quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet suggests a new paper by researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and Peking University. As... Read more
Stung by revelations of ubiquitous surveillance and compromised software, the internet’s engineers and programmers ponder how to fight back SECURITY guards (at least the good ones) are paid... Read more
Nadim Kobeissi, master hacker Nadim Kobeissi, master hacker, summoned for interrogation multiple times as a teenager by cyber-intelligence authorities in Beirut, Lebanon, sat in the backyard... Read more