The Nucleus Cipher Suite is a set of encryption ciphers or algorithms for securing any type of sensitive data, such as credit card information, during storage and transmission. The software provides ...

Microsoft today announced that some insecure cipher suites currently supported by Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) will be removed later this year. After that happens, Redmond will no longer ...

In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and ...

Microsoft updates its cryptographic cipher suite prioritization in Windows with the addition of four suites that bring Perfect Forward Secrecy to the operating system. Microsoft yesterday added four ...

Attackers have been tampering with TLS signatures at a scale never before seen using a technique called cipher-stunting. When it comes to cyberattacks, adversaries are focusing not just on advanced ...

Also, SHA-1 is a hash function, not a cipher suite. By and large, the security risk of any obsolete cipher suite is that your communications will get intercepted and your data misused.

Microsoft patched serious vulnerabilities Tuesday in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office, but also urged customers to stop using the aging RC4 cipher and SHA-1 hashing function in their systems and ...