News tagged with digital key

NIST proposes update to digital signature standard

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced proposed changes to a standard that specifies how to implement digital signatures, which can be used to ensure the integrity of electronic documents, ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flaw found in securing online transactions

Researchers on Wednesday revealed a flaw in the way data is scrambled to protect the privacy of online banking, shopping and other kinds of sensitive exchanges.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Laser security for the Internet

A British computer hacker equipped with a "Dummies" guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national security is put at risk. The same goes for your own personal and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers find weakness in RSA authentication - common digital security system

The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The solution to a 200-year-old encryption

(PhysOrg.com) -- The mathematician who deciphered the final, encrypted page of a letter sent to President Thomas Jefferson in 1801 will visit the University of Oregon to tell how he did it.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0 | with audio podcast