The ECB said Thursday it has finished technical preparations for a digital euro and awaits legislative action. EU lawmakers are reviewing a Commission proposal to authorize a retail CBDC with legal ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday the central bank has completed its technical and preparatory work on the digital euro and that it is now up to political institutions to ...

Abstract: In this paper, authentication for mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) systems with low-cost tags is investigated. To this end, an adaptive modulus (AM) encryption algorithm is first ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

The ECB is pushing to ban multi-issuance stablecoins. Officials warn dollar-backed stablecoins could threaten Europe’s financial stability. The rules are unclear, leaving uncertainty for EU regulators ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...

Data security involves implementing strategies to safeguard digital information against unauthorized disclosure and modification across computing and communication infrastructures. Given the ...

The European Central Bank will launch a blockchain settlement pilot by late 2026 under its new Pontes initiative, aiming to connect DLT platforms with the eurozone’s core payment systems. Update (July ...