Cryptography puts the “crypto” in cryptocurrency. It has existed much longer than our digital age and has evolved like languages over the centuries. One of the most famous uses was developed by Julius ...

Introduction If you need to send a secret message to a friend, how could you prevent other people from reading it? One way is to encrypt the message—that is, use a secret code that only you and your ...

In general, you want to avoid writing down sensitive information and just keeping it in your head but that's not always an option. If you have to write down a password, or some other sensitive ...

Mysterious cryptic code suddenly appeared on the Internet in January 2012Cicada 3301"Attracts the interests of programmers and hackers all over the world. Although a lot of people got on reading the ...

CSL Dualcom, a popular maker of security systems in England, is disputing claims from [Cybergibbons] that their CS2300-R model is riddled with holes. The particular device in question is a ...

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You could do worse than to confuse the meanings of "code" and "cipher"—even cryptographers sometime use the terms as though they had the same meaning. There is, however, a definite distinction between ...

Cryptography puts the “crypto” in cryptocurrency. It has existed much longer than our digital age and has evolved like languages over the centuries. One of the most famous uses was developed by Julius ...