Hackers have found a way to quietly take over WhatsApp accounts without touching passwords, SMS codes, or the app’s end-to-end encryption. Instead of breaking crypto, they are abusing a legitimate ...

Documents recently released by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden uncover a decade-long operation by the NSA to break personal privacy encryption codes, enabling it to spy on the emails, ...

Quantum encryption may be one step closer to wide-scale use thanks to a newly developed system. The system is capable of distributing encryption codes at megabit-per-second rates, five to 10 times ...

US and British intelligence agencies have unlocked much of the online encryption that protects the privacy of internet users' personal data, online transactions and emails. Many internet users assume ...

Though the National Security Agency spends billions of dollars to crack encryption codes, security experts maintain that, properly implemented, encryption is still the best way to secure data. Citing ...

A couple of weeks ago, my home office ground to a standstill because my trusty Wi-Fi router of nearly six years decided to irrevocably quit on me. Not surprisingly, years of service and the internal ...

Using photons to disseminate encryption codes with complete security is one of the great successes of quantum information science. It has now been shown that long-distance cryptographic communication ...

OK — drum roll, please — we have a winner! Zach Chapman of New Kensington, Pa., was first to get the “Mortal Kombat 3” encryption codes to us. He wins a game for his Super NES. And now for a new ...