NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data

The iPhone and iPad have been approved to hold NATO-restricted information, according to an announcement on Thursday. That ...
Securities.io

Harvest Now Decrypt Later: The Quantum Threat Explained

The “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” hacking strategy relies on the belief that the world is only a few years away from ...

It's the end of personal privacy. 'There's nowhere to hide anymore'

While privacy may seem all but dead in this second quarter of the 21st century, the whole idea of it is a relatively new ...
New Scientist

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...
IEEE

Lattice-based Threshold Encryption for Data Privacy Protection with Zero Trust in Internet of Medical Things

Abstract: The interconnection of electronic health devices through the Internet of Things (IoT) technology plays a crucial role in improving healthcare services. The existing schemes usually use ...
IEEE

Data Protection in the Era of Big Data Advanced Encryption Standard VS Data Encryption Standard

Abstract: This research is to seek to know which algorithm between the DES (Data Encryption Standard) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is faster in encryption and decryption as well as determine ...
The Bond Buyer

Quantum computing, still in its infancy, could grow up to be a muni data security threat

The development of powerful quantum computers has serious implications for how state and local governments protect sensitive ...
SecurityWeek

Ransomware Groups May Pivot Back to Encryption as Data Theft Tactics Falter

Mere data exfiltration is no longer a lucrative approach for ransomware groups, and threat actors may increasingly rely on encryption to regain leverage, Coveware notes in a new report. Following a ...
Oregonian

Bigger data center tax breaks? Oregon senator is dropping the idea

State Sen. Janeen Sollman says she plans to pull language from a bill that could have dramatically increased the value of tax breaks for Oregon data centers. Senate Bill 1586 is one of the major ...
Phys.org

DNA provides a solution to our enormous data storage problem

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing reams of data and how to protect that information from unintended access. Now ...
CPO Magazine

Lawsuit Claims WhatsApp Chats Do Not Really Have End-to-End Encryption, But NSO Group Connections Raise Doubts

A headline-grabbing international lawsuit has cast some doubt on the security of WhatsApp chats, with claims that parent company Meta is not providing true end-to-end encryption and retains the ...
Network World

Quantum computing is getting closer, but quantum-proof encryption remains elusive

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...