Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more ...

Google researchers found certain quantum computers could break the encryption protecting the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Two scientists just won computing's Nobel Prize for an idea from 1984: use quantum mechanics to make eavesdropping physically ...

Network encryption was designed for a world in which adversaries needed to break cryptography in real time to extract value.

Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies use an implementation of ECC called secp256k1. According to Google, its ...

Meta has not confirmed any plans to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages, despite a viral social media ...

Future quantum computers will need to be less powerful than we thought to threaten the security of encrypted messages.

WhatsApp may have paused its plan to change its privacy policy but that delay hasn’t stopped other messaging apps taking advantage of the confusing situation it created. Millions of people have ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Instagram is removing end-to-end encryption from DMs. Here’s what that means for your privacy, how your chats may change, and ...