Encryption News

October 21, 2024

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Preventing Counterfeiting by Adding Dye to Liquid Crystals to Create Uncrackable Coded Tags

Aug. 26, 2024 — A research group has developed an innovative approach to creating anti-counterfeiting labels for high-value goods. Their findings enhance the security of the currently used cholesteric liquid ...

Toward a Code-Breaking Quantum Computer

Aug. 23, 2024 — Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for ...

Physicists Develop New Method to Combine Conventional Internet With the Quantum Internet

Aug. 5, 2024 — Researchers send entangled photons and laser pulses of the same color over a single optical fiber for the first ...

Optical Fibers Fit for the Age of Quantum Computing

July 29, 2024 — A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by physicists to cope with the challenges of data transfer expected to arise in the future age of quantum ...

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New Security Protocol Shields Data from Attackers During Cloud-Based Computation

Oct. 1, 2024 — Researchers developed a technique guaranteeing that data remain secure during multiparty, cloud-based computation. This method, which leverages the ...

Mass Layoffs and Data Breaches Could Be Connected

July 23, 2024 — A research team has been exploring how mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected. Their theory: since layoffs create conditions where disgruntled employees face added stress or job ...

Mechanical Computer Relies on Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics

June 26, 2024 — Researchers have developed a kirigami-inspired mechanical computer that uses a complex structure of rigid, interconnected polymer cubes to store, retrieve and erase data without relying on electronic ...

VR May Pose Privacy Risks for Kids: A New Study Finds Parents Aren't as Worried as They Should Be

May 6, 2024 — New research finds that, while an increasing number of minors are using virtual reality (VR) apps, not many parents recognize the extent of the ...

Computer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity

Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors ...

This Tiny Chip Can Safeguard User Data While Enabling Efficient Computing on a Smartphone

Apr. 23, 2024 — A new chip can efficiently accelerate machine-learning workloads on edge devices like smartphones while protecting sensitive user data from two ...

Clear Guidelines Needed for Synthetic Data to Ensure Transparency, Accountability and Fairness, Study Says

Apr. 12, 2024 — Clear guidelines should be established for the generation and processing of synthetic data to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness, a new ...

Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home

Apr. 11, 2024 — The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies, thanks to a breakthrough guaranteeing security and privacy. This advance promises ...

Protecting Art and Passwords With Biochemistry

Apr. 8, 2024 — A new molecular test method helps to prove the authenticity of works of art. The new method could also help to make passwords secure against quantum ...

100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer

Apr. 2, 2024 — Researchers have taken a big step towards securing information against hacking. They have succeeded in using quantum encryption to securely transfer information 100 kilometers via fiber optic cable ...

Where Quantum Computers Can Score

Mar. 18, 2024 — The traveling salesman problem is considered a prime example of a combinatorial optimization problem. Now a team has shown that a certain class of such problems can actually be solved better and much ...

Satellites for Quantum Communications

Mar. 13, 2024 — Through steady advances in the development of quantum computers and their ever-improving performance, it will be possible in the future to crack our current encryption processes. To address this ...

A New Design for Quantum Computers

Feb. 15, 2024 — Creating a quantum computer powerful enough to tackle problems we cannot solve with current computers remains a big challenge for quantum physicists. A well-functioning quantum simulator -- a ...

Keep It Secret: Cloud Data Storage Security Approach Taps Quantum Physics

Nov. 14, 2023 — Distributed cloud storage is a hot topic for security researchers, and a team is now merging quantum physics with mature cryptography and storage techniques to achieve a cost-effective cloud storage ...

Accelerating AI Tasks While Preserving Data Security

Oct. 30, 2023 — SecureLoop is a new search engine that can identify an optimal design for a deep neural network accelerator that preserves data security while improving energy efficiency and boosting performance. ...

New Study Unveils Stretchable High-Resolution User-Interactive Synesthesia Displays for Visual--Acoustic Encryption

Oct. 12, 2023 — A research team has succeeded in developing a cutting-edge display using transfer-printing techniques, propelling the field of multifunctional displays into new realms of ...

Better Cybersecurity With New Material

Sep. 4, 2023 — Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption. The researchers behind the study believe ...

How Randomized Data Can Improve Our Security

Aug. 9, 2023 — With an innovative approach, scientists are creating new standards for data security in the cache of electronic ...

A New Weapon in the War on Robocall Scams

Aug. 9, 2023 — The latest weapon in the war on robocalls is an automated system that analyzes the content of unsolicited bulk calls to shed light on both the scope of the problem and the type of scams being ...

Smart Devices: Putting a Premium on Peace of Mind

Aug. 7, 2023 — The White House has announced plans to roll out voluntary labeling for internet-connected devices like thermostats and baby monitors that meet certain cybersecurity standards. A new survey of U.S. ...

Why Computer Security Advice Is More Confusing Than It Should Be

July 25, 2023 — If you find the computer security guidelines you get at work confusing and not very useful, you're not alone. A new study highlights a key problem with how these guidelines are created, and ...

Solving Rare Disease Mysteries ... and Protecting Privacy

July 10, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated a new way of linking personal records and protecting privacy. The first application is in identifying cases of rare genetic disorders. There are many other potential ...

Stressed for a Bit? Then Don't Click It, Cybersecurity Experts Advise

July 5, 2023 — Workers feeling a specific form of stress are more likely than others to become the victims of a phishing attack, according to a new ...

Evaluating Cybersecurity Methods

June 28, 2023 — Researchers created a generic framework that enables an engineer or scientist to evaluate the effectiveness of defense schemes that seek to limit a hacker's ability to learn secret information ...

How Secure Are Voice Authentication Systems Really?

June 27, 2023 — Computer scientists have discovered a method of attack that can successfully bypass voice authentication security systems with up to a 99% success rate after only six ...

New Breakthrough Enables Perfectly Secure Digital Communications

Mar. 7, 2023 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough to enable 'perfectly secure' hidden communications for the first time. The method uses new advances in information theory methods to conceal one ...

Chromo-Encryption Method Encodes Secrets With Color

Feb. 13, 2023 — In a new approach to security that unites technology and art, E researchers have combined silver nanostructures with polarized light to yield a range of brilliant colors, which can be used to encode ...

Quantum Physicists Make Major Nanoscopic Advance

Jan. 26, 2023 — In a new breakthrough, researchers have solved a problem that has caused quantum researchers headaches for years. The researchers can now control two quantum light sources rather than one. Trivial as ...

Researchers Propose Methods for Automatic Detection of Doxing

Dec. 12, 2022 — A new automated approach to detect doxing -- a form of cyberbullying in which certain private or personally identifiable information is publicly shared without an individual's consent or ...

Microlaser Chip Adds New Dimensions to Quantum Communication

Nov. 21, 2022 — With only two levels of superposition, the qubits used in today's quantum communication technologies have limited storage space and low tolerance for interference. Engineering's ...