Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

Microsoft recently confirmed that it is finally deprecating RC4, the encryption method used by the Kerberos authentication protocol for the past three decades. Developed by mathematician ...

Ancient cypher meets its end after years of hacks and warnings Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on ...

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 ...

Google and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm. Google, Microsoft and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a ...