Encryption News

April 16, 2024

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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 to unlock the transformative potential of ...

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 -- roughly equivalent to the distance between ...

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 faster with quantum computers than with ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...