Although we use easy-to-remember web addresses, the internet actually operates on a system of IP addresses and remote servers. Behind the scenes, it hinges on the Domain Name System (DNS), which ...

A researcher’s social media post revealing how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he ...

Apple has rolled out an update to iMessage encryption, the likes of which includes post-quantum protections that the company calls the “most significant cryptographic security upgrade” in the ...

Viber, a popular messaging app with more than 700 million users, announced on Tuesday that it would deploy end-to-end encryption on its platform, following in the footsteps of WhatsApp earlier this ...

An aging core internet protocol is finally getting the ax by Microsoft Corp. But it wasn’t just last month’s announcement that the software vendor was ending support for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of ...

Encrypted phone firm Encrochat, whose customer base was primarily serious organized criminals, used the Signal protocol as part of its encrypted messaging application, according to a law enforcement ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Today, cross-chain privacy protocol Ruby announced it had raised $7.3 ...

Apple is creating a new form of encryption for iMessage. This new layer of encryption aims to prevent harvest now, decrypt later attacks. Today’s encryption is good enough to defend against most ...

Google’s plans to use a new internet protocol has raised concerns among congressional antitrust investigators who worry it could give the company an unfair competitive advantage, the Wall Street ...

Virtual private networks use slick marketing terms to charm potential users, but you can easily get tangled up when trying to pick it all apart. The language describing encryption methods is thick ...

Sending data in plain text just doesn’t cut it in an age of abundant hack attacks and mass metadata collection. Some of the biggest names on the Web—Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc.—have already ...