Barracuda research shows that nine out of ten ransomware incidents in 2025 exploited firewalls. In the fastest case, there ...

Microsoft is officially moving to shut the door on RC4 - a legacy cryptographic cipher that has quietly persisted inside Windows authentication environments for decades - and forcing organizations to ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

Quantum computers could one day crack the encryption protecting your most sensitive data. Here's how VPNs are adapting. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy. With ...

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for what he says is a threat to national security due to its de facto monopoly on the software industry. At ...

US Senator Ron Wyden has called for accountability after healthcare ransomware attacks exposed Windows vulnerabilities that Microsoft had known about for over a decade. US Senator Ron Wyden has ...

US Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for cybersecurity lapses linked to ransomware attacks on critical US infrastructure. This includes ...