In February 2017, Google and CWI announced they had broken SHA-1 encryption. This isn't a surprise: The encryption, used for things like digital signatures, had been susceptible to collisions for ...

Security researchers have achieved the first real-world collision attack against the SHA-1 hash function, producing two different PDF files with the same SHA-1 signature. This shows that the algorithm ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Software’s biggest advantage is that innovations can be rapidly adopted.

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Back in September 2014, Google outlined its plans to drop support for the ...

Microsoft last week has released a guide for orgs looking to get away from the risky Web-based Shell Hashing Algorithim-1 (SHA-1) encryption. Google, Mozilla and Apple are all involved in removing ...

In 2016, tens of millions of people around the world will face trouble accessing some of the most common encrypted websites like Facebook, Google and Gmail, Twitter, and Microsoft sites. Why? Because ...

When midnight strikes on Jan. 1, 2016, a new Internet security standard goes into effect. The cryptographic hashing algorithm that encrypts websites to help keep them secure will be updated. While ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

SHA-1 is a cryptographic hash function that underpins various security applications and protocols to help keep the internet safe. Experts, however, have warned for years that it’s out of date. Now, ...

Between new NSA pronouncements and poorly protected hard drives, the crypto world has been turned upside down. One certainty: Switch to SHA-2 ASAP It’s been a raucous few months in crypto circles. In ...

At the Crypto 2004 conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., this month, researchers announced several weaknesses in common hash functions. These results, while mathematically significant, aren’t cause for ...