Hacking and data breaches are a cost of doing business. One defence is to use encryption, but in the fast-approaching era of quantum computers that defence will fail. When quantum computers reach ...

Most Windows PCs are also susceptible to an unusually widespread "critical" flaw, Microsoft revealed. The flaw involves DirectX, a library of graphics and multimedia programming instructions used by ...

The FBI today challenged anyone in the online community to break a cipher code on its site. The code was created by FBI cryptanalysts. The bureau invited hackers to a similar code-cracking challenge ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At its core, the “code is law” philosophy suggests that smart contracts—self-executing contracts written into blockchain ...