The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recommended minimum key sizes of 2048-bits for the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm (RSA) and ...

It’s actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments – to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman key exchange groups, so it’s time for ...

As computers and math techniques become more powerful and sophisticated, current encryption standards could be made obsolete in as little as five years The strength of the encryption used now to ...

In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and ...

Google is changing the length of its encryption keys from 1,024-bit to 2,048-bit, including the root certificates that sign all SSL certificates. What are the practical effects of such a switch from a ...

There have been several rumors in the past detailing how the National Security Agency (NSA) can decrypt a substantial portion of encoded Internet traffic. This should not come as a surprise to some ...

In the previous blog post, “Embedded Security Using Cryptography”, we looked at how cryptography can be used for securing assets in embedded systems and ensure confidentiality, integrity and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Edward Snowden leaks have revealed that the NSA and other intelligence agencies can break encryption barriers for mass ...