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 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 ...

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 ...

A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity ...

There’s an old saying in the security community: Attacks always get better. The latest case where that holds true is for the aging RC4 cipher that’s still widely used to encrypt communications on the ...

ShadowV2 botnet exploits AWS Docker flaws using Python C2 and Go RAT, enabling sophisticated DDoS-for-hire attacks.

Microsoft issued advisories informing users they can now disable RC4 in .NET, in addition to additional credential protection for Windows and that it had revoked digital signatures for four UEFI ...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft ...

Senator Wyden also points out that this is not the first time Microsoft’s cybersecurity lapses have surfaced. A Cyber Safety ...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Microsoft and hold it responsible for what ...

Despite claims that the problem lies in how Microsoft implements Kerberos in Windows, standard best practices and hardening rules can stop Golden Ticket and Pass-the-Hash attacks It’s hard enough ...