During World War II, the Allied powers intercepted huge volumes of radio communications being used by the Axis powers to coordinate military activity. Many intercepted messages had been encrypted ...

Most industry analyst firms conclude that between 80-90 percent of network traffic is encrypted today. Jeff Costlow, CISO at ExtraHop, explains why this might not be a good thing. Strong encryption is ...

(Nanowerk News) To guarantee high data security, encryption must be unbreakable while the data remains rapidly and easily readable. A novel strategy for optical encryption/decryption of information ...

Whether written invisibly with lemon juice or encrypted with complex math, secret messages are passed on through a myriad of bizarre and convoluted ways. A team of engineers from China is introducing ...

Encrypting data before storing on third-party servers. Also called "zero-knowledge encryption," zero-access encryption ensures that a user's data stored on OneDrive, Google Drive or other cloud ...

That computer you carry round in your pocket is a treasure trove of data, ripe for the hacker to swoop in and steal your identity. Fortunately, today’s smartphones come with encryption by default, ...