encryption

The first technology to enable instant long-distance communication was the telegraph. Back in its time, the telegraph helped to shape many of the current IT infrastructures.

We’ve collected the most interesting books and movies which give a lot of detail on how exactly ciphers are solved.

Recently, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook delivered a speech on privacy and security during EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event. Here are the 10 best quotes from his speech.

A legendary Soviet spy, Richard Sorge, is famous for conveying the exact date of the German invasion into the Soviet Union, and for letting the command know Japan had no plans of attacking the USSR in the Far East.

Five lessons from the story of the Enigma cryptographic machine which are still relevant.

During WW2 modern cryptography principles were often coupled with ‘amateur’ ciphering methods. Curiously, the latter ones often proved to be equally reliable

New research demonstrates that it is possible to hack and hijack devices used to perform remote surgery

Let’s identify the main IT security and protection trends at MWC 2015.

New allegations against the NSA claim the group hacked into the network of the world’s largest SIM card provider, stealing encryption keys to millions of devices.

“A single cyberincident can kill a business” may sound like an exaggeration, but it is not. In this blog post we prove it with two different stories.

New version of CTB-Locker, a ransomware that uses Tor and Bitcoin to evade detection and takedowns, should be avoided at all costs.

What are the key differences between Kaspersky Total Security and Kaspersky Internet Security? Which is the best choice for you? Which protects better? Let’s take a closer look.

“British Prime Minister David Cameron to Ban Encrypted Messengers” — Headlines like this are appearing here and there. But what happened exactly?

Cryptolocker is still making the rounds, even though its peak seems to have passed. Or is it just an illusion? How does it affect businesses? Read some real stories and explanations in the new blogpost at Kaspersky Business.

CES 2015 was a superb event in terms of the amount of new technology per square foot. But, from an information security standpoint, it did not appear all that positive.

Catch up on our most popular posts from November.

Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.

”Dear Chairman, dear Vice Chairman, dear members of the board, let me present to you the annual report… Oops… Just a moment, we are having some technical issues…”

We have bought our very own Blackphone to check its security firsthand.

Yahoo plans to implement end-to-end encryption for all of its mail users, giving normal, non-technical users the power to communicate securely and privately.

Facebook fails to fully encrypt data on its Instagram mobile app, which puts user security and privacy at risk.