Application security, Security
February 22, 2024
Via: SecureWorldApple announced this week that it is implementing post-quantum cryptography in its iMessage platform to protect against potential future attacks powered by quantum computers. The new encryption protocol, called PQ3, will roll out later this year. According to an Apple […]
October 12, 2023
Via: The RegisterAccording to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 26 percent of medium businesses, 37 percent of large businesses and 25 percent of high-income charities have experienced cyber crime in the last 12 months. With cyber security experts in high demand, finding […]
June 26, 2023
Via: The Hacker NewsIn what’s an ingenious side-channel attack, a group of academics has found that it’s possible to recover secret keys from a device by analyzing video footage of its power LED. “Cryptographic computations performed by the CPU change the power consumption […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
September 30, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityThe verdict is in: quantum computing poses an existential threat to asymmetric cryptography algorithms like RSA and ECC that underpin practically all current Internet security. This comes straight from the National Academy of Science’s Committee on Technical Assessment of the […]
August 2, 2018
Via: CSO OnlineMore than a decade ago, I was giving an introductory presentation on quantum cryptography, as I had done many times before. I discussed the basic concepts of quantum physics, quantum computers, and quantum cryptography. I ended it with the promise […]
May 24, 2018
Via: Security IntelligenceDuring a long-term project in 2016, my team was tasked with reviewing the security features of a popular Soviet-era GPS satellite constellation. The client used it to obtain more exact positioning for workers who were attempting to locate underground utilities. […]
September 11, 2015
Via: access-controlAbout a year after I started at the National Security Agency, I suffered the embarrassment of being caught violating #nsa #security procedures. I was totally guilty and it was quite humiliating, as you can imagine. It was made worse by […]
June 30, 2015
Via: privacy-protectionThe cryptography behind bitcoin solved a paradoxical problem: a currency with no regulator that nonetheless can’t be counterfeited. Now a similar mix of math and code promises to pull off another seemingly magical feat by allowing anyone to share their […]
February 18, 2015
Via: privacy-protectionI’m not sure what to make of this, or even what it means. The #irs has a standard called IDES: International Data Exchange Service: “The International Data Exchange Service (IDES) is an electronic delivery point where Financial Institutions (FI) and […]
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