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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Military-grade encryption" sounds impressive in marketing materials, but the term refers to something more specific and less ...

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 ...

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 ...