Zerologon – hacking Windows servers with a bunch of zeros
September 17 2020Cryptography is hard. And cryptographic blunders can be hard to spot. This one was there for years...
Read moreSeny Kamara on "Crypto for the People"
August 31 2020Seny Kamara gave an excellent keynote talk this year at the (online) CRYPTO Conference. He talked about solving real-world crypto problems for marginalized communities around the world, instead of...
Read moreSeny Kamara on “Crypto for the People”
August 31 2020Seny Kamara gave an excellent keynote talk this year at the (online) CRYPTO Conference. He talked about solving real-world crypto problems for marginalized communities around the world, instead of...
Read moreCryptanalysis of an Old Zip Encryption Algorithm
August 12 2020Mike Stay broke an old zipfile encryption algorithm to recover $300,000 in bitcoin. DefCon talk here....
Read moreUpdate on NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program
July 24 2020NIST has posted an update on their post-quantum cryptography program: After spending more than three years examining new approaches to encryption and data protection that could defeat an assault...
Read moreNSA on Securing VPNs
July 15 2020The NSA's Central Security Service -- that's the part that's supposed to work on defense -- has released two documents (a full and an abridged version) on securing virtual...
Read moreDigicert revokes a raft of web security certificates
July 13 2020The good news is that this was a bureaucratic necessity rather than an actual cybersecurity attack.
Read moreCritics say the amended bill that's headed for a full Senate hearing still threatens encryption, albeit less blatantly.
Read moreIntel chip features intended to help you do cryptography better could have leaked your inner secrets.
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