Encryption News and Articles

Practical cryptography is often an encounter with many random numbers in just a few moments. Entropy is the raw material that gives birth to the random number, but it’s harder to come by than you might think.

Although you give up control of the underlying infrastructure when you use cloud computing, you can still maintain some control over security.

New web technologies address shortcomings in web browsers but create new problems as well.

How easy is it to lose a USB stick? Why not protect your data just in case the stick falls into unfriendly hands?

Conventional, woodpecker-style port knocking is open to sniffing and brute force knocking attacks. Sending an encrypted packet with an access request to the server is safer and more modern. Learn more about Firewall Knock Operator, a.k.a. Fwknop.

Combining the Enigmail add-on and the GnuPG encryption software gives Thunderbird users a powerful tool for encrypting and signing email.

Researchers set out to compromise MD5 in an effort to convince people to stop using it. We explain how the attack worked and what this means for you.