You may not think much about encryption day to day, but it’s the reason the FBI can't easily get at the data on the iPhones that come into its possession; it also means if someone steals your phone, ...

Encryption may sound like a digital buzzword, but even if you’re not tech-savvy, encryption is a very important part of your life. More than likely, your bank, credit card companies—and even some ...

Former President Donald Trump would-be assassin's locked phone is in FBI custody. Stand by for the next attack on encryption, privacy, and security. The manufacturer of the shooter's phone is unknown.

When news broke that PRISM, a surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency, has been collecting the phone records, emails, and other forms of communications, there was ...

NEW YORK -- FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a "vicious guard dog" Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to ...

If you left your smartphone behind in a coffee shop or you were required to pack your tablet in your checked luggage, would your personal data be safely locked away? If you don't have your device ...

If you’re worried about your iPhone’s security after the Justice Department announced it had broken into yet another terrorist’s cell phone, don’t panic. The FBI and its hacking prowess probably ...

In brief: Researchers from universities across Europe recently published a paper in which they speculated that a weakness uncovered in the GEA-1 encryption algorithm wasn't by chance. Turns out, they ...

WASHINGTON – Hundreds are facing charges after an elaborate, years-long sting in which the FBI secretly ran a phone encryption program that officials say criminals unwittingly used to facilitate drug ...

It might be a good thing if members of organized crime groups aren’t big readers of IT news because they’d certainly be interested in this product: a cordless encryption phone. The Gigaset SL74X, ...

Hundreds of criminal gang members around the world were tricked into using a phone encryption app operated by the FBI to plan their heinous crimes, leading to their arrests, according to authorities.