When 2024 wrapped up, the SHA256 consensus algorithm used by Bitcoin ranked third in profitability, but now, as we kick off June 2025, it shares the top spot, matched up with Litecoin’s Scrypt.

Cryptography aficionados, say hello to a new hash algorithm backed by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). Dubbed Keccak (pronounced "catch-ack"), the secure hash algorithm, ...

Google has initiated a process to revoke trust from any certificates that rely on the outdated SHA-1crytpographic hash algorithm. Google announced Friday it will begin the process of phasing out the ...

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2014, Jay Schiavo, Director of Products and Markets at Entrust and a member of the CA Security Council, discusses why web server administrators will have to ...