BitLocker encrypts your hard drive and requires a key to decrypt it. Microsoft may give your key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Don't save your key to the cloud; instead, store it locally or ...

For C-suite leaders, one of the most daunting operational challenges of the next decade will be the migration to post-quantum cryptography: algorithms that can defend against attacks from quantum ...

We all keep secrets. Whether you are trying to protect messages to loved ones, company accounts or vital state intelligence, the technology that allows you peace of mind in our increasingly online ...

While companies focus on the risks, opportunities, and regulations emerging around AI, the next tech challenge is already on the horizon. Quantum computers are here – and so are the associated crime ...

A recent upgrade to the RansomHouse ransomware operation has added new concerns for enterprise defenders, introducing a multi-layered encryption update to the group’s double-extortion RaaS model. Also ...

The Tesla Model Y’s midcycle refresh brought significant enough changes to earn it a spot in our 2026 SUV of the Year competition. The full list of updates is extensive, but the highlights matter.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Imagine a world where today’s encryption, the very foundation of digital trust, can be unraveled in seconds. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the promise and peril of quantum computing. Quantum ...

Quantum computing presents both a potential breakthrough and a cryptographic threat -- one that Microsoft is tackling through what it calls "progress towards next‑generation cryptography." In a post ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...