AIs as Trusted Third Parties
March 28 2025This is a truly fascinating paper: “Trusted Machine Learning Models Unlock Private Inference for Problems Currently Infeasible with Cryptography.” The basic idea is that AIs can act...
Read moreNCSC Releases Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
March 21 2025The UK’s National Computer Security Center (part of GCHQ) released a timeline—also see their blog post—for migration to quantum-computer-resistant cryptography. It even made The Guardian.
Read moreThe Combined Cipher Machine
March 6 2025Interesting article—with photos!—of the US/UK “Combined Cipher Machine” from WWII.
Read moreImplementing Cryptography in AI Systems
February 21 2025Interesting research: “How to Securely Implement Cryptography in Deep Neural Networks.”
Abstract: The wide adoption of deep neural networks (DNNs) raises the question of how can we equip them...
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Simson Garfinkel on Spooky Cryptographic Action at a Distance
October 30 2024Excellent read. One example:
Consider the case of basic public key cryptography, in which a person’s public and private key are created together in a single operation. These two...
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Watermark for LLM-Generated Text
October 25 2024Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM chooses between tokens partly based on a cryptographic key, and someone with...
Read moreMicrosoft Is Adding New Cryptography Algorithms
September 12 2024Microsoft is updating SymCrypt, its core cryptographic library, with new quantum-secure algorithms. Microsoft’s details are here. From a news article:
The first new algorithm Microsoft added to...
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List of Old NSA Training Videos
September 4 2024The NSA’s “National Cryptographic School Television Catalogue” from 1991 lists about 600 COMSEC and SIGINT training videos. There are a bunch explaining the operations of various cryptographic equipment, and a...
Read moreNIST Releases First Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms
August 15 2024From the Federal Register:
After three rounds of evaluation and analysis, NIST selected four algorithms it will standardize as a result of the PQC Standardization Process. The public-key encapsulation...
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Compromising the Secure Boot Process
July 27 2024This isn’t good:
On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel,...
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