Researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens from the University of Leuven, Belgium, have demonstrated a way to exploit weaknesses in the Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) encryption algorithm in order to ...

Two Belgian security researchers from the University of Leuven have driven new nails into the coffin of the RC4 encryption algorithm. A published paper, expected to be delivered at the upcoming ...

RC4 A proprietary algorithm developed by RSA Data Security, Inc., RC4 is a stream cipher. A stream cipher encrypts one byte at a time. The RC4 key size can range from 8 to 2048 bits. Note: The term ...

Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .NET Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections.

Google, Microsoft and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm. Attacks against RC4 are growing increasingly practical ...

Warns developers 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 Redm ...

Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .NET Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections.

Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .NET Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections.

Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .Net Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security ...