Every time you pay online, your data is protected by a maths problem nobody has proved is unbreakable. Here is what that ...

Every time you send a text, pay for groceries with your phone, or use your health site, you are relying on encryption.

AES-256 remains the gold standard for high-stakes data encryption. While other, more lightweight and less-energy-intensive encryption methods do exist, they operate with multiple trade-offs in ...

The JVG algorithm factors RSA and ECC keys using fewer quantum resources than Shor’s algorithm, accelerating the time needed ...

The city of Boulder’s partnership with Flock Safety, which operates cameras that log and store driver data, is under renewed scrutiny with a contract renewal looming and other cities opting for ...

The internet gets age-gated, changing how we interact with our favorite apps and websites. While the benefits aren't clear ...

The high‑profile case arose against a backdrop of increasing scrutiny of alleged misuse of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (“SLAPPs”) to deter legitimate investigative reporting. The ...

I’ve also made a couple overview pages that collect posts on specific topics: Package Management and Git. If you want to see everything I’ve written about either of those, those are good places to ...

Tycoon2FA has become a leading phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms, enabling campaigns that reach over 500,000 organizations monthly, prompting Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) to work with ...

A new paper makes the strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics. Like physics, math has its own set of " fundamental particles " — the prime numbers, which can't be broken down into ...

Cybersecurity executive Chaim Mazal says joining a hacker community as a kid helped jump-start his career.

TikTok's US arm says its system is 'designed to balance user privacy with the ability to respond to scams, harassment, and other safety concerns.' ...