Evervault raises $25M to scale its ‘secure-by-default’ approach to payment data encryption

Payment data encryption startup Evervault Inc. said today it’s aiming to become the internet’s “clearing house for sensitive data” after raising $25 million in a Series B round of funding.
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Encryption: A Key Guardian of Our Digital Future

Every time you send a text, pay for groceries with your phone, or use your health site, you are relying on encryption.
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Demystifying Key Exchange: From Classical Elliptic Curve Cryptography to a Post-Quantum Future

After a multi-year competition, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected a suite of algorithms for standardization. For key exchange, the primary choice is the ...
Cyber Defense Magazine

Breaking Traditional Encryption Protocols: Quantum Computing and the Future of Secure Communications

Introduction Envision our digital world as a sprawling universe filled with glittering constellations of encrypted data, each packet of information ...
Network World

Quantum computing is getting closer, but quantum-proof encryption remains elusive

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...
IEEE

Securing Symmetric Encryption Based on Substitution-Permutation Network Against White-Box Attacks

Abstract: Extensive research has been done on the security of symmetric encryption algorithms in the black-box attack contexts, where the execution platforms are supposed to be secure. Recent studies ...
The Motley Fool

If You Own AES Stock, Take a Look at This Instead

AES is a utility company that provides energy solutions for residential customers and hyperscalers. While Applied Digital has fewer gigawatts, it also produces artificial intelligence (AI) data ...
TechSpot

Microsoft will soon deprecate the insecure RC4 encryption algorithm

About time: Microsoft introduced support for the RC4 stream cipher in Windows 2000 as the default authentication algorithm for the Active Directory services. The system has been insecure for even ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...
Bleeping Computer

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...
WDTN

AES Ohio rate hike approved: What can customers expect?

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a new distribution rate increase for AES Ohio customers on Wednesday afternoon. AES Ohio customers can expect to see an increase ...
WTHR

AES Indiana, City of Indianapolis reach agreement in dispute over proposed utility rate hikes

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis officials and AES Indiana have announced an agreement regarding the utility company's highly-contested proposed rate increase. Wednesday night, an Indy DPW spokesperson ...