New Images of Colossus Released
January 31 2024GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth anniversary (birthday?). News article.
Read moreImproving Shor’s Algorithm
January 5 2024We don’t have a useful quantum computer yet, but we do have quantum algorithms. Shor’s algorithm has the potential to factor large numbers faster than otherwise possible, which—if the...
Read moreNew SSH Vulnerability
November 16 2023This is interesting:
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to complete...
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New Revelations from the Snowden Documents
September 21 2023Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that...
Read moreSmart light bulbs could give away your password secrets
August 23 2023Cryptography isn't just about secrecy. You need to take care of authenticity (no imposters!) and integrity (no tampering!) as well.
Read moreLatest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
Read moreI just read an article complaining that NIST is taking too long in finalizing its post-quantum-computing cryptography standards.
This process has been going on since 2016, and since that...
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S3 Ep145: Bugs With Impressive Names!
July 28 2023Fascinating fun (with a serious and educational side) - listen now! Full transcript available inside.
Read moreBackdoor in TETRA Police Radios
July 26 2023Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an...
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"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
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