The National Security Agency has been known to intercept and collect emails, and with Donald Trump as president, privacy likely isn’t going to get better. For example, he said that Apple should help ...

Using SSH and encrypting your data are the biggest steps organizations can take to ensure that all their private information remains safe and secure and away from prying eyes. However, there are ...

Whenever we encrypt any data, we need a simple key just to unlock it. Well, this key is everything. This key is the foundation of the security on the user’s front. And keeping it safe and secure is ...

What are cryptographic keys, and why should they be kept safe? A cryptographic key is a string of data that is used to encrypt data (to the data secret), decrypt data (to perform the reverse operation ...

Encrypted key exchange is a protocol, or set of rules, that allows two parties sharing a common password to communicate over an insecure network without exposing that password. The protocol was ...

Microsoft automatically encrypts your new Windows device and stores the Windows 11/10 Device Encryption Key on OneDrive, when you sign in using your Microsoft Account. This post talks of why Microsoft ...

Attackers are increasingly able to penetrate perimeter defenses, compromise accounts and mine data without targets even being aware of the attack, as the Democratic National Committee breach proved.

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Android users have been able to use their phones as Google security key for a while now, and now Google is finally making good on the promise to bring the same functionality to the iPhone. An update ...

Facebook announced today that users can start listing their OpenPGP keys directly on their profile for enhanced email security. The ‘experimental’ feature allows end-to-end encrypted notification ...