VolkLocker uses AES-256 in Galois/Counter Mode ( GCM) for encryption through Golang's "crypto/rand" package. Every encrypted ...

Most organizations operate under a dangerous misconception that their data is safe with encryption at rest and in transit.

Tokenization is emerging as a cornerstone of modern data security, helping businesses separate the value of their data from ...

A new version of VolkLocker, wielded by the pro-Russia RaaS group CyberVolk, has some key enhancements but one fatal flaw.

Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

Hackers are exploiting a new, undocumented vulnerability in the implementation of the cryptographic algorithm present in ...

After trying out several MacOS encryption tools, I recently found an app that makes the process super easy for anyone. The app is called Encrypto, and it's free to install from th ...

PCIe is a widely used high-speed standard to connect hardware peripherals and components, including graphics cards, sound ...

Microsoft recently confirmed that it is finally deprecating RC4, the encryption method used by the Kerberos authentication protocol for the past three decades. Developed by mathematician ...

Ransomware groups are targeting hypervisors to maximize impact, allowing a single breach to encrypt dozens of virtual ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

New research combines data scrambling with message hiding for stronger security. Data is first converted to RNA code, then encrypted with unpredictable keys & concealed within images. Altering image ...