Pro Quantum encryption: no silver bullet 14 Nov While offering huge improvements in security, quantum encryption is no cure all for information security
Pro Secure Hash Algorithm 1 deemed unsafe 24 Feb Researchers have achieved the first practical SHA-1 collision, generating two PDF files with the same signature
Pro Encrypted comms could have an undetectable backdoor 13 Oct Researchers warn about the use of standardised or hard-coded primes in existing cryptosystems
Pro Google hopes to thwart quantum computers cracking internet encryption 8 Jul New cryptography techniques may future-proof internet comms
Insight Ransomware attacks common for Irish organisations 15 Feb Preliminary survey results show extent of crypto-malware, and organisations’ response
Pro OpenSSL patches vulnerabilities in crypto library 29 Jan Updates fix issues in how some Diffie-Hellman parameters are generated, and they close up SSLv2 protocol weaknesses
Pro IBM offers to take on authentication for developers 23 Nov Incorporated Identity Mixer, a cryptographic tool designed to handle authentication for third-party applications, into Bluemix
Blogs Quantum computing and cryptography 28 Aug Will all encryption become breakable with the advent of quantum computers?
Pro Amazon releases open source cryptographic module 1 Jul S2n module could serve as a leaner replacement for the OpenSSL TLS module
Pro Software devs failing to implement crypto correctly 29 Jun Lack of training and complexity leads to widespread encryption failuresÂ
Pro Microsoft fixes critical crypto flaw 13 Nov Vulnerability in SChannel component could expose servers to remote code execution attacks
Life Computer passes Turing Test by posing as a teenager 9 Jun Eugene mimics responses of a 13-year-old boy, fools some human judges
Life NSA looking to crack all encryption with quantum computer 3 Jan Security project could render current security measures useless
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