Encryption News

September 24, 2023

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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 that the new technology paves the way for a new type ...

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 perpetuated by robocalls. The tool, called SnorCall, is ...

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. consumers shows that they are willing to pay a ...

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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 outlines ...

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 by ...

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 Cyber Software Can Verify How Much Knowledge AI Really Knows

Apr. 4, 2023 — With a growing interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems worldwide, researchers have created software that is able to verify how much information an AI farmed from an organization's ...

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 piece of ...

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 knowledge -- ...

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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 ...

New AI Model Can Help Prevent Damaging and Costly Data Breaches

Nov. 9, 2022 — Privacy experts have created an AI algorithm that automatically tests privacy-preserving systems for potential data ...

New Method to Systematically Find Optimal Quantum Operation Sequences for Quantum Computers Developed

Sep. 2, 2022 — Computer scientists have succeeded in developing a method for systematically finding the optimal quantum operation sequence for a quantum computer. They have developed a systematic method that ...

From Bits to P-Bits: One Step Closer to Probabilistic Computing

Aug. 29, 2022 — Scientists have developed a mathematical description of what happens within tiny magnets as they fluctuate between states when an electric current and magnetic field are applied. Their findings could ...

Thinking Like a Cyber-Attacker to Protect User Data

Aug. 15, 2022 — Researchers have shown that a component of modern computer processors that enables different areas of the chip to communicate with each other is susceptible to a side-channel attack. An attacker can ...

A Key Role for Quantum Entanglement

July 27, 2022 — A method known as quantum key distribution has long held the promise of communication security unattainable in conventional cryptography. An international team of scientists has now demonstrated ...

Quantum Cryptography: Hacking Is Futile

July 27, 2022 — An international team has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time. Moreover, encryption is independent of the quantum device used and therefore even more ...

'Pulling Back the Curtain' to Reveal a Molecular Key to The Wizard of Oz

July 20, 2022 — Many people and companies worry about sensitive data getting hacked, so encrypting files with digital keys has become more commonplace. Now, researchers have developed a durable molecular encryption ...

Radio Waves for the Detection of Hardware Tampering

June 8, 2022 — Up to now, protecting hardware against manipulation has been a laborious business: expensive, and only possible on a small scale. And yet, two simple antennas might do the ...

Secure Communication With Light Particles

May 25, 2022 — While quantum computers offer many novel possibilities, they also pose a threat to internet security since these supercomputers make common encryption methods vulnerable. Based on the so-called ...

Emulating Impossible 'Unipolar' Laser Pulses Paves the Way for Processing Quantum Information

May 24, 2022 — A laser pulse that sidesteps the inherent symmetry of light waves could manipulate quantum information, potentially bringing us closer to room temperature quantum ...

Self-Propelled, Endlessly Programmable Artificial Cilia

May 5, 2022 — Researchers have developed a single-material, single-stimuli microstructure that can outmaneuver even living cilia. These programmable, micron-scale structures could be used for a range of ...

Scientific Advance Leads to a New Tool in the Fight Against Hackers

Apr. 28, 2022 — A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians have solved a mathematical riddle that ...

New Technique Offers Faster Security for Non-Volatile Memory Tech

Apr. 5, 2022 — Researchers have developed a technique that leverages hardware and software to improve file system security for next-generation memory technologies called non-volatile memories (NVMs). The new ...

Technology Has the Potential to Change the Patient-Provider Relationship

Mar. 31, 2022 — As personal health records (AKA patient portals) allowing patients to see test results, medications and other health information gain in popularity, scientists studied cancer patients' and ...

Single-Photon Source Paves the Way for Practical Quantum Encryption

Mar. 23, 2022 — Researchers describe new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as highly ...

Tiny, Cheap Solution for Quantum-Secure Encryption

Mar. 22, 2022 — Engineers propose a new kind of encryption to protect data in the age of quantum ...

Qubits: Developing Long-Distance Quantum Telecommunications Networks

Mar. 22, 2022 — Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in cryptography (the art of coding messages) with the aim of ...

Tiny Magnets Could Hold the Secret to New Quantum Computers

Mar. 21, 2022 — Scientists have discovered a type of magnetic behavior that could help enable magnetically based quantum ...

Double Locked: Polymer Hydrogels Secure Confidential Information

Mar. 1, 2022 — The development of highly secure but simple and inexpensive encryption technology for the prevention of data leaks and forgeries is decidedly challenging. A research team has now introduced a ...

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