Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare shows how today's ransomware groups weaponize stolen data and pressure ...

Abstract: The quantum noise stream cipher (QNSC) scheme, grounded in Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, can facilitate secure communication by employing noise to obfuscate multi-base encrypted ...

Curious how the Caesar Cipher works? This Python tutorial breaks it down in a simple, beginner-friendly way. Learn how to encode and decode messages using one of the oldest and most famous encryption ...

The Voynich manuscript—a mysterious medieval book that has defied translation for centuries—may have been created using a special code developed with the help of cards and dice, a new study suggests.

A newly invented cipher may shed light on how the mysterious Voynich manuscript was made in medieval times. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Abstract: The ZUC stream cipher plays a critical role in safeguarding confidentiality and integrity in 5G AKA protocols. As machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) emerge as new tools ...

About time: Microsoft introduced support for the RC4 stream cipher in Windows 2000 as the default authentication algorithm for the Active Directory services. The system has been insecure for even ...

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...

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