A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...

Algorithms for encrypting computer data come in two main varieties: symmetric and asymmetric. Each encryption type has inherent strengths and weaknesses. Symmetric algorithms convert plain-text data ...

Digital signatures may not be as hard to forge as previously thought. Scuttlebutt from the ponytail and Birkenstock set is that the algorithm most commonly used for creating a unique digital ...

It will encrypt a victim's files and then display a ransom note. Unlike most other ransomware, though, Globe uses the Blowfish encryption algorithm rather the commonly used AES encryption. Furthermore ...

PasswordWallet — which lets you store all of your passwords in a convenient, easy to use, secure place — is ready for Mac OS X as of version 2.1. For security, PasswordWallet uses the BlowFish ...

Online privacy has started to sound like an oxymoron! Every e-mail (confidential or not) you send is sent as a plain text and if intercepted, it will just be a sitting duck with no protection ...