Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines DeadLock ransomware, an emerging financially motivated operation distinguished by its ...

An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit ...

For as long as humans have had writing, there’s been a need to send secret messages. It is easy to think that Enigma machines and their immediate predecessors are old tech, but they are much more ...

Cybersecurity experts warn that about 10-20 years from now, quantum computers will have enough processing power to decipher common cryptography techniques like RSA and ECC, an event they call "Q-Day." ...

The Department of War released its first dedicated post-quantum cryptography strategy on Wednesday, June 24 — a 25-page mandate directing every military system, from battlefield communications ...

Consumer AMD CPUs will once again offer encryption protections against physical attacks after facing user backlash for silently removing the feature. About a decade ago, AMD added TSME to its high-end ...

A new ransomware operation named ‘Prinz Eugen’ prioritizes recently modified files for encryption and leaves no ransom note on the system. An investigation from Threatdown, the former corporate ...

iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone after six weeks of beta testing. The update adds fresh wallpapers, new features to Apple Maps, and more. Perhaps most notably, iOS 26.5 adds support for ...

The dreaded Q-day could arrive sooner than expected, and when it does, experts say we need to be ready. Reading time 8 minutes In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed a quantum algorithm ...

Meta will disable end-to-end encryption on Instagram starting May 8, 2026. This allows the company to potentially access message content for AI training and advertising. Currently, Signal remains the ...

The developer of the popular file encryption software VeraCrypt says Microsoft has blocked access to the account he used for sending updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their ...