Details of the attack method will be given at a lecture at the Information Security Conference in Brazil, later this year, and paper on the attack method is available now at the Counterpane site. The ...

In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Two years after the NSA controversy exploded in Facebook’s face, the ...

PGP is based on the public-key encryption method, which uses two keys: One is a public key that the user disseminates to anyone from whom he wants to receive a message; the other is a private key used ...

MOST E-MAIL IS vulnerable—it can be read by computer-savy snoops and even tampered with. THERE ARE WAYS TO make your e-mail more secure—at least to the extent that no one can intercept it and read it.

A flaw found by two Czech researchers in the popular OpenPGP digital signature standard is real but relatively minor, Phil Zimmermann, chairman of the open-source group, said Wednesday. "This is not a ...

In today’s world of constant surveillance and daily data breaches, it’s never been more important to take control of your own privacy. Whether you’re protecting your emails, securing sensitive files, ...

Networked computing is a double-edged sword. Connectivity makes transparent sharing of data through e-mail, Web sites, and ftp archives possible, but it also invites unwanted access to your data.

Although I’ve yet to see the one product that can encrypt data on all OSes and media, PGP’s suite of encryption products offers a competitive enterprise solution to protect a variety of content on ...

With the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, two U.S. senators have reintroduced a surveillance bill that could have major impacts on privacy and free ...