The first widely used protocol that was aimed to secure the Internet connections was SSL, which was created by Netscape in mid 1995. It uses both public key and symmetric key encryption to generate a ...

Ethereum developers are pushing a zero-knowledge protocol to reinforce privacy in on-chain activities, starting with the Secret Santa system. The proposed protocol will leverage zero-knowledge proofs ...

Self, a zero-knowledge identity and proof-of-humanity protocol used by Google (GOOG) and Aave, said it raised $9 million in seed funding and introduced a points-based rewards program to promote ...

The U.S. Coast Guard released its final report on the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible in June 2023, finding problems at nearly every level. The 335-page report was the result of over two ...

In June, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that he’ll ban social media for children under 15, stating, “Platforms have the ability to verify age. Let’s do it.” We’ve all seen what that ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory last week warning that a key train system could be hacked using nothing but a radio and a little know-how. The flaw has ...

The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is one of the most widely-used security protocols in use today, protecting the information exchanged between web clients and servers all around the world.

The CA/Browser Forum has voted to significantly reduce the lifespan of SSL/TLS certificates over the next 4 years, with a final lifespan of just 47 days starting in 2029. The CA/Browser Forum is a ...

“I hope by getting busted–and the only reason they were busted is because they were stupid enough to include a journalist in the text chat–that they won’t do this again,” says a “concerned” former ...