Microsoft finally kills off RC4 encryption cipher blamed for multiple cyberattacks

Microsoft is moving to disable RC4, an encryption cipher embedded in Windows authentication for more than two decades. The ...

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...
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Microsoft is cutting off a legacy cipher that caused decades of damage

Microsoft is finally ripping out one of the weakest links in its identity stack, cutting off a legacy cipher that attackers ...
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Microsoft finally bins RC4 after decades of pain

Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on RC4, an obsolete and leaky encryption cypher it has propped up by default for 26 years despite a trail of break-ins and public ...