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 ...

The SHA-2 algorithm solves these problems, but Venafi Labs’ research shows that many companies have still not made this update, leaving them open to security breaches, compliance problems and ...

Microsoft plans to stop trusting Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) certificates next month for 'all major Microsoft processes and services,' according to a Wednesday announcement.

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.

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. ...

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 ...

The SHA-2 algorithm comes in four versions with different digest sizes usually called SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512. HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) is an algorithm for ...

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.

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 ...

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

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.