Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species
June 29 2024A new squid species—of the Gonatidae family—was discovered. The video shows her holding a brood of very large eggs. Research paper.
Read moreJames Bamford on Section 702 Extension
June 28 2024Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Read moreSecurity Analysis of the EU’s Digital Wallet
June 27 2024A group of cryptographers have analyzed the eiDAS 2.0 regulation (electronic identification and trust services) that defines the new EU Digital Identity Wallet.
Read moreThe US Is Banning Kaspersky
June 26 2024This move has been coming for a long time.
The Biden administration on Thursday said it’s banning the company from selling its products to new US-based customers starting on...
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Breaking the M-209
June 25 2024Interesting paper about a German cryptanalysis machine that helped break the US M-209 mechanical ciphering machine. The paper contains a good description of how the M-209 works.
Read morePaul Nakasone Joins OpenAI’s Board of Directors
June 24 2024Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone has joined the board of OpenAI.
Read moreRoss Anderson’s Memorial Service
June 21 2024The memorial service for Ross Anderson will be held on Saturday, at 2:00 PM BST. People can attend remotely on Zoom. (The passcode is “L3954FrrEF”.)
Read moreRecovering Public Keys from Signatures
June 20 2024Interesting summary of various ways to derive the public key from digitally signed files. Normally, with a signature scheme, you have the public key and want to know whether a...
Read moreNew Blog Moderation Policy
June 20 2024There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, we’re having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments,...
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