Security News

CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist (Schneier on Security)
2016-06-20 17:24

Last week, CIA director John Brennan told a Senate committee that there wasn't any strong cryptography outside of the US. CIA director John Brennan told US senators they shouldn't worry about...

Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-24 11:37

Writing a magazine column is always an exercise in time travel. I'm writing these words in early December. You're reading them in February. This means anything that's news as I write this will be...

Financial Cryptography 2016 (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-15 17:37

Ross Anderson liveblogged this year's Financial Cryptography conference....

More Details on the NSA Switching to Quantum-Resistant Cryptography (Schneier on Security)
2016-02-02 13:11

The NSA is publicly moving away from cryptographic algorithms vulnerable to cryptanalysis using a quantum computer. It just published a FAQ about the process: Q: Is there a quantum resistant...