The self-proclaimed “Pro-life Spiderman” was sentenced to prison for climbing the Las Vegas Sphere and causing $100,000 in damages — after he taunted cops that he would escape conviction. Professional ...

A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant implementing Kyber1024 post-quantum encryption. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 ...

Des Plaines-area residents can check out an all-new DMV this week at 1533 Lee St. The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office closed its previous Des Plaines facility at 1470 Lee St. on Friday. Its ...

The Des Plaines River has seen near-record flooding in northwest suburban Des Plaines, and officials fear levels could reach major flood stage this weekend with more rain in the forecast. As of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- People in Des Plaines are preparing for flooding as heavy rains this week have the Des Plaines River levels rising. There is a Flood Warning for Kane, Lake, McHenry, Kendall and ...

The dreaded Q-day could arrive sooner than expected, and when it does, experts say we need to be ready. Reading time 8 minutes In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed a quantum algorithm ...

The developer of the popular file encryption software VeraCrypt says Microsoft has blocked access to the account he used for sending updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their ...

Last week, cybersecurity researchers woke up to bad news. Research in new papers published by Google and a quantum computing startup, Oratomic, suggests that quantum computers capable of breaking the ...

During the iOS 26.4 beta cycle, Apple let users test out RCS messaging with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). From the very first beta though, Apple was clear that E2EE for RCS was only being tested in ...

TL;DR: Google has dramatically accelerated its timeline for securing its infrastructure against quantum computing threats, setting a 2029 deadline for full readiness – years ahead of most government ...

Advances in quantum computing could render traditional encryption methods obsolete by 2029, Google has warned. Quantum computing will use quantum mechanics to solve problems which today’s traditional ...

Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. Crucially, few companies ...