As we march on into the "Internet of Things" where your fridge and toaster need security updates... There has been a call from multiple companies and organizations to standardize lightweight…
I have been writing a number of articles about the state of the NIST post-quantum cryptography competition, with short summaries on the projects and what they are all about. What…
We have been talking about the National Institute of Standards and Technologies' contest to find the most attractive new algorithms for quantum resistance. (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) In…
Authorities around the world have been calling for backdoors to be added to strong encryption for years – part of an even older battle. The view among all top security…
In the first article of this series, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and…
In the previous article, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and were advanced based…
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the round 2 candidates for post-quantum cryptography. What is post quantum cryptography? Post Quantum Cryptography is encryption that can resist…
On Thursday, the Australian government passed a controversial new law that would allow law enforcement and government agencies to demand access to encrypted communications. Under the new legislation, companies who…
Since 2017, Australian lawmakers have sought to read your encrypted messages on services such as WhatsApp - and now their wish has been granted. As of Thursday the 6th of December,…
What is HTTPS? Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of the standard Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) originally created in 1994 for the Netscape Navigator web browser. HTTPS…