Security and Encryption

Database encryption demystified: Four common misconceptions

9 Feb 2012

With new attacks being publicized daily, organizations that eschew data encryption as an integral part of their security strategy risk losing almost everything.

Satellite communication encryption cracked by scientists

9 Feb 2012

Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.

Satellite phone security encryption hacked

8 Feb 2012

BOCHUM, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Satellite telephony thought to be secure against eavesdropping because of encryption is unsafe, say German researchers who cracked the encryption.