This prevents accidental double-encryption when processing raw values that are already encrypted. Key separation: Encryption, MAC, and deterministic-nonce subkeys are derived independently via HKDF ...

The FBI uncovered a plot to attack the White House after suspects discussed their plans on an encrypted network, known for its high level of security, and cybersecurity experts shared insights into ...

-- Encrypted patient field envelopes are JSON strings far longer than varchar(20). -- date_of_birth must be text to store encrypted values (plaintext dates remain ISO strings).

A team of developers, including the co-creator of the Signal protocol and contributors from Microsoft and Harvard, are building out open-source software that can help bring the sort of hardened ...

Happy holidays to everyone who celebrates “National Blame Someone Else Day,” — which, unintentionally, may include a handful of senators expected to introduce the “American Innovation and Choice ...

Encrypted Spaces is a research project (opens in new tab) exploring an architecture for building collaborative applications where data is encrypted and all operations are cryptographically verifiable.

The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. DINUM, the French government's ...

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance. So one group of ...

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a day after they published an exploit for Microsoft Defender.

I've always been fascinated by the most dubious of characters, and one of the few books I've read cover-to-cover was “Helter Skelter” by Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor in the Charles Manson case who ...