MegaCracker tool could reveal Mega passwords 

MegaCracker tool could reveal Mega passwords

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 22 January 2013 4:07 PM
Boffin claims registration process reveals vulnerable hash.
Co-lo VMs busted by crypto attack 

Co-lo VMs busted by crypto attack

In Cloud - By Darren Pauli, 6 November 2012 2:47 PM
Side-channel cache-sniffers steal keys.
Researchers detail laundry list of dodgy crypto deployments 

Researchers detail laundry list of dodgy crypto deployments

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 26 October 2012 4:46 PM
Developer hits back at 'rude' research.
Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail 

Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail

In Crypto - By Tom Espiner, 26 October 2012 8:50 AM
Weak crypto ditched.
RedHat project fights Java vulnerabilities 

RedHat project fights Java vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 25 October 2012 2:05 PM
Aussie security boffin builds vulnerability database to track flawed JARs.
Cryptoparty goes viral 

Cryptoparty goes viral

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 4 September 2012 1:01 PM
Pen testers, privacy geeks spread security to the masses.
#Defcon: Marlinspike expands Cloudcracker 

#Defcon: Marlinspike expands Cloudcracker

In Networks - By Juha Saarinen, 30 July 2012 1:41 PM
Web-based tool cracks more than just WPA.
Eight million passwords stolen from gaming site  

Eight million passwords stolen from gaming site

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 24 July 2012 10:43 AM
Crypto crackers break one-way hash.
Formspring 420,000 lost passwords were encrypted, salted  

Formspring 420,000 lost passwords were encrypted, salted

In Hackers - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 12 July 2012 11:17 AM
Moves quickly to disable passwords.
Cyberoam hacked private key posted online 

Cyberoam hacked private key posted online

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 July 2012 12:42 AM
Tor users extract and decrypt private key.
RSA tokens 'broken' in 13 minutes 

RSA tokens 'broken' in 13 minutes

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 27 June 2012 12:52 PM
The fragility of authentication tokens against established attack vectors have been detailed.
Author pronounces MD5 crypt dead 

Author pronounces MD5 crypt dead

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 8 June 2012 3:25 AM
Big sites should design their own algorithms.
eHarmony falls prey to LinkedIn crypto crackers 

eHarmony falls prey to LinkedIn crypto crackers

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 7 June 2012 11:36 PM
But company mum on details.
6.5 million unsalted LinkedIn passwords posted online 

6.5 million unsalted LinkedIn passwords posted online

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 7 June 2012 7:21 AM
Passwords easy to crack.
Victoria keeps Myki cards, downplays hack 

Victoria keeps Myki cards, downplays hack

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 October 2011 3:00 PM
A million smartcards based on a system breached by cryptographers will be issued to the public.
OpenSSH released, plays in sandbox 

OpenSSH released, plays in sandbox

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 8 September 2011 4:51 PM
Pre-auth attacks are dead.
How to intercept Skype calls 

How to intercept Skype calls

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 27 May 2011 3:03 PM
Linguists bypass encryption and rebuild conversations base on speech patterns.
LastPass warns of possible data breach 

LastPass warns of possible data breach

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 5 May 2011 10:28 PM
Salted passwords nabbed.
Turing papers saved for Bletchley Park 

Turing papers saved for Bletchley Park

In Applications - By Alvaro Guzman Bastida, 1 March 2011 11:18 AM
Cryptography pioneer Alan Turing’s documents to stay at Bletchley Park.
Quantum cryptography takes a step forward 

Quantum cryptography takes a step forward

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 20 April 2010 1:10 PM
Continuous operation successfully tested.
RIM wins battle for cryptography company Certicom 

RIM wins battle for cryptography company Certicom

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 11 February 2009 10:38 AM
Research In Motion, maker of Blackberry phones, appears to have prevailed in its pursuit of Certicom.
Google tries its hand at cryptography 

Google tries its hand at cryptography

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 13 August 2008 9:34 AM
Google is taking a step into the field of cryptography, with KeyCzar, an open-source tool which allows developers to use encryption within their applications.
Dutch boffins work on open source smart card 

Dutch boffins work on open source smart card

In Crypto - By Sylvie Barak, 20 June 2008 10:39 AM
Dutch Boffins at Radboud University in Nijmegen are developing new privacy-protecting smart cards for public transport, using good old open sauce.
Researchers simplify quantum cryptography 

Researchers simplify quantum cryptography

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 3 June 2008 10:16 AM
Quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data, has taken a step closer to mainstream viability with a technique that simplifies the distribution of keys..
Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues 

Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

In Web/client - By Liz Tay, 18 May 2008 9:45 PM
Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography.
Geneva votes for quantum cryptography 

Geneva votes for quantum cryptography

In Messaging - 15 October 2007 10:09 AM
The Swiss national elections on 21 October will mark a world first for Geneva as the canton employs quantum cryptography to protect the dedicated line used for counting ballots.
NIST updates cryptography guidelines for U.S. Federal Agencies  

NIST updates cryptography guidelines for U.S. Federal Agencies

By William Eazel, 30 January 2006 9:51 AM
In a bid to help U.S. federal agencies protect sensitive, but unclassified information, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated guidelines for ...
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