The RC4 and SHA-1 algorithms have taken a lot of hits in recent years, with new attacks popping up on a regular basis. Many security experts and cryptographers have been recommending that vendors ...

A fresh warning concerning the use of RC4 to support secure communication channels online has been issued after researchers were able to exploit the protocol to decrypt user data in mere hours ...

The RC4 key size can range from 8 to 2048 bits. Note: The term cipher means encryption algorithm. DES An acronym for Data Encryption Standard, DES was developed by IBM. The algorithm expands a single ...

Microsoft has warned developers to stop using the RC4 and SHA-1 algorithms. The algorithms have been a source of attacks lately and many have suggested phasing them out, now Redmond has wade in ...

Google and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm.

Michichael noted that the algorithm in question is actually RC4-HMAC-MD5, which was deprecated in 2006 and is disabled by default on most modern operating systems.

The RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) algorithm was designed in 1987 by renowned cryptographer Ron Rivest and remained a trade secret until 1994, when it was leaked on the Internet.

Sounds like he screwed up the encryption algorithm, but in such a way that its reversable by his decrypt View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ...

A 2011 attack known as BEAST—short for Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS —targets an encryption mode known as CBC, or cipher block chaining, which is present in most algorithms except for RC4.

Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla all made the same announcement today: They will drop support for the RC4 cipher in their respective browsers. Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, and Firefox will all ...