Managing various encryption keys and other secrets has always been painful for enterprise security managers. A new service from GitGuardian called Has My Secret Leaked attempts to bring some clarity ...

What are cryptographic keys, and why should they be kept safe? A cryptographic key is a string of data that is used to encrypt data (to the data secret), decrypt data (to perform the reverse operation ...

An encryption key that is kept concealed because its discovery voids the security of the encryption session. A secret key generally refers to the secret key cryptography system, in which both sides ...

Hardware faults are leaking hundreds of supposedly unbreakable encryption keys on to the internet, researchers have found – and spy agencies may be exploiting the loophole to read secret messages. RSA ...

Public key encryption has long been a cornerstone in securing digital communications, allowing messages to be encrypted with a recipient’s publicly available key while only being decrypted by the ...

Researchers have extracted the secret key that encrypts updates to an assortment of Intel CPUs, a feat that could have wide-ranging consequences for the way the chips are used and, possibly, the way ...