The rejection of China's Wi-Fi encryption algorithm has sparked allegations of foul play. The Standardization Administration of China, a group promoting China's wireless encryption standard, accused ...

In a recent column, I suggested that a consumer worried about Internet banking over a home Wi-Fi network could use a wired Internet connection that would be safer. But several readers asked whether ...

In a recent column, I suggested that a consumer worried about Internet banking over a home Wi-Fi network could use a wired Internet connection that would be safer. But several readers asked whether ...

QUESTION: My Wi-Fi network was set up for me, and it's not password protected. It connects a Toshiba laptop, a Sony PlayStation 3, a Roku media player -- and, I suppose, anyone else in the area. I do ...

A couple of weeks ago, my home office ground to a standstill because my trusty Wi-Fi router of nearly six years decided to irrevocably quit on me. Not surprisingly, years of service and the internal ...

Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...

Quantum encryption, born from the quantum computing revolution, heralds a new era of unprecedented security. This technological advancement not only promises impenetrable encryption but also reshapes ...

After revealing that it was the target of a sweeping hacking campaign, the federal government issued a public service announcement this week urging the public to use "end-to-end encryption" in order ...

Encryption is the process of converting readable data, known as plaintext, into a jumbled string of data called ciphertext. Encryption algorithms use mathematical operations to scrabble data, making ...

Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...