Windows operating system updates are dual-signed using both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms to prove authenticity. But going foward, due to "weaknesses" in SHA-1, Microsoft officials have said ...

Currently all Windows updates are dual signed with both SHA-1 and SHA-2 code signing certificates. As there are flaws in the SHA-1 algorithm that make it less secure, Microsoft has stated that ...

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. For the past couple of years, browser makers have raced ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research from Venafi® Labs shows that 35 percent of the world’s websites are still using insecure SHA-1 certificates. This is despite the fact that leading browser ...

If only Symantec had any sort of forewarning about Microsoft moving to use SHA-2 signed updates, everything might have gone smoother. It seems that six months is not enough for Symantec to get its ...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 users are being asked to upgrade their encryption support. Microsoft is in the process of phasing out use of the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) code-signing ...

Fifteen-year-old Peter Schmidt-Nielsen spent only a month working on his submission, but he thinks he’s come up with something “unusual and new.” Never mind that he’s up against some of the most ...