SHA1 and other hash algorithms generate a digital fingerprint that in theory is unique for each different file or text input they sign. When the underlying plaintext is altered in even miniscule ...

Google announced Friday it will begin the process of phasing out the obsolete SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm with the upcoming release of version 39 of the company’s Chrome browser in November.

GnuPG e-mail encryption, for instance, deems it safe. Meanwhile, as noted by security expert Kevin Beaumont, Microsoft still relies on SHA-1, even if it's phasing the algorithm out.

However, despite these efforts to phase out the use of SHA-1 in some areas, the algorithm is still fairly widely used to validate credit card transactions, electronic documents, email PGP/GPG ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology retired one of the first widely used cryptographic algorithms, citing vulnerabilities that make further use inadvisable, Thursday. NIST recommended ...

News Stop using SHA1 encryption: It’s now completely unsafe, Google proves Researchers have achieved the first practical SHA-1 collision, generating two PDF files with the same signature.

For SHA-3 (Secure Hash Algorithm), NIST has selected Keccak (pronounced “catch-ack”), an algorithm authored by Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, and Gilles Van Assche of STMicroelectronics, as well ...

Today, Google made major waves in the cryptography world, announcing a public collision in the SHA-1 algorithm. It’s a deathblow to what was once one of the most popular algorithms in ...

The SHA-1 hashing algorithm, still used to sign almost one in three SSL certificates, can now be attacked for as little as $75,000, and should be urgently retired, researchers say ...

Researchers have found a new way to attack the SHA-1 hashing algorithm, still used to sign almost one in three SSL certificates that secure major websites, making it more urgent than ever to ...