As there are flaws in the SHA-1 algorithm that make it less secure, Microsoft has stated that starting on July 16th 2019, Windows updates will only be signed using the SHA-2 algorithm going forward.

To protect your security, Windows operating system updates are dual-signed using both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms to authenticate that updates come directly from Microsoft and were not ...

Microsoft on Friday described its 2019 timeline for when it will start distrusting Secure Hash Algorithm-1 (SHA-1) in supported Windows systems, as well as in the Windows Server Update Services 3. ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology retired one of the first widely used cryptographic algorithms, citing vulnerabilities that make further use inadvisable, Thursday. NIST recommended ...

Things are about to get a lot safer on the internet with SHA-2, but there is plenty of work still to be done when it comes to SHA-1 deprecation.

Windows for now uses both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms to authenticate its updates and prevent man-in-the-middle tampering, with newer systems supporting only SHA-2, and older ones only SHA-1.

Microsoft says file downloads signed with the SHA-1 algorithm are insecure and will be removed on August 3, 2020.

Mozilla will allow Symantec to issue new certificates signed with the weak SHA-1 algorithm to payment processor Worldpay Less than two months after a ban came into effect for new SSL/TLS ...

Even though the latest SHA-2 algorithm “is likely to remain secure for the foreseeable future,” it has limitations and is based on old cryptographic techniques, said Schneier, who along with ...

More than two years after Google, Firefox, and Microsoft have taken steps to deprecate TLS/SSL certificates signed with the SHA-1 algorithm, Apple has finally announced a similar measure this week ...

Even though the latest SHA-2 algorithm “is likely to remain secure for the foreseeable future,” it has limitations and is based on old cryptographic techniques, said Schneier, who along with ...

Less than two months after a ban came into effect for new SSL/TLS certificates signed with the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, exemptions are already starting to take shape. Mozilla announced ...