New Lattice Cryptanalytic Technique – Schneier on Security
New Lattice Cryptanalytic Technique A new paper presents a polynomial-time quantum algorithm for solving certain hard lattice problems. This could...
New Lattice Cryptanalytic Technique A new paper presents a polynomial-time quantum algorithm for solving certain hard lattice problems. This could...
In Memoriam: Ross Anderson, 1956-2024 Last week I posted a short memorial of Ross Anderson. The Communications of the ACM...
The rise of quantum computing presents a potential security threat to public-key cryptography, with the large-scale operation of quantum computers...
Ross Anderson Ross Anderson unexpectedly passed away Thursday night in, I believe, his home in Cambridge. I can’t remember when...
Improving the Cryptanalysis of Lattice-Based Public-Key Algorithms The winner of the Best Paper Award at Crypto this year was a...
New Images of Colossus Released GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth...
Improving Shor’s Algorithm We don’t have a useful quantum computer yet, but we do have quantum algorithms. Shor’s algorithm has...
A trio of researchers split between Italy and the UK have recently published a paper about cryptographic insecurities they found...
NTLM is a simple and straightforward authentication method for connecting to applications on enterprise servers, but it’s also outdated and...
New SSH Vulnerability This is interesting: For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys...
This is a fun challenge: The NIST elliptic curves that power much of modern cryptography were generated in the late...
New Revelations from the Snowden Documents Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided...
by Paul Ducklin A trio of researchers split between Italy and the UK have recently published a paper about cryptographic...
by Paul Ducklin SNOOPING ON MEMORY, KEYSTROKES AND CRYPTOCOINS No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth...
I just read an article complaining that NIST is taking too long in finalizing its post-quantum-computing cryptography standards. This process...