The January 2026 updates will begin the phaseout of RC4 encryption in the Kerberos protocol for Windows Server. The trigger is a security flaw that allows attackers to request Kerberos service tickets ...

The Linux kernel development cycle continues with the release of Linux 6.19-rc4, the fourth release candidate in the lead-up to the final 6.19 stable kernel. As with previous RC builds, this release ...

Linus Torvalds released the fourth release candidate (RC4) for Linux Kernel version 6.19 on 4 January 2026. This update marks the first major step back toward a normal development rhythm after the ...

About time: Microsoft introduced support for the RC4 stream cipher in Windows 2000 as the default authentication algorithm for the Active Directory services. The system has been insecure for even ...

Microsoft is officially moving to shut the door on RC4 - a legacy cryptographic cipher that has quietly persisted inside Windows authentication environments for decades - and forcing organizations to ...

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ...

Right now, YouTube marketing has become even more important with all the changes happening in the current digital landscape. What is also important is keeping up with trends and strategies to ensure ...

Abstract: RC4 algorithm is a famous stream cipher. It could be used to encrypt images quickly and efficient. However, the RC4 has been proved has some drawbacks, therefore it is considered not secure ...