February 9, 2010 • 10:30 pm
My prediction is that we are going to see more and more of these privacy commissioner orders as the guys in charge get more serious about not being sued.
Filed under: Cryptography, Encryption, InSecurity, Security, in the News , Encryption, in the News, InSecurity
January 27, 2010 • 6:27 am
January 16, 2010 • 12:37 am
A network glitch(?) that logs AT&T users into other people facebook accounts at random was reported today.
Who knows, in the future many kids could attribute their existence to a programming error. If so should we call it the Destiny_2.0 bug?
Filed under: Authentication, InSecurity, Misc., in the News, networks, wi-fi , Authentication, FaceBook, in the News, networks, wi-fi
December 31, 2009 • 9:34 pm
Although it has been known for a few years, the weakness of encryption schemes for GSM phones is in the spotlight again. This time thanks to a group of hackers that made the whole business of listening in, easy and cheap.
GSM has been known to be hackable for years, but the problem is not being fixed as proactively as it should.
Could be drawn with the situation of the Enigma machines being sold around the world after WWII?
Filed under: Cryptography, ENIGMA, Encryption, Hacking, InSecurity, in the News , Encryption, ENIGMA, GSM, Hacking, in the News, InSecurity
November 16, 2009 • 12:49 am
Filed under: Authentication, Encryption, Hacking, InSecurity, SSL, Security, Technology, e-commerce, networks , Authentication, e-commerce, Encryption, Hacking, InSecurity, networks, Security, SSL
November 2, 2009 • 6:40 am
I have a few new reviews of papers on cryptography in my updated page. For those interested in the security of NMAC and HMAC or affiliation hiding key exchanges, I recommend reading the reviews. They include links to relevant papers.
Filed under: AMS, Authentication, Cryptanalysis, Cryptography, Encryption, Information Theory, Security , Authentication, crypt, Cryptography, Mathematics, Security
October 22, 2009 • 8:53 pm
Filed under: Key Generation, Quantum Cryptography, Technology, in the News, networks, wi-fi , communications, Information Theory, networks, Quantum Cryptography, Technology, wi-fi, wireless
October 6, 2009 • 5:32 pm
September 17, 2009 • 3:44 pm
He deserved much better
National Post
14 Sep 2009
In the very distant future, the name of Alan Turing (1912-1954) will be among the very few for which the 20th century is remembered, long after most of the politicians, artists and celebrities have receded into confusion and oblivion. His stature is…read more…

Filed under: Cryptanalysis, Cryptography, ENIGMA, Encryption, Infomation Theory, in the News , Cryptanalysis, Cryptography, ENIGMA, in the News, Information Theory
August 22, 2009 • 6:01 am
An article stating the need to protect biometric data appeared in the IEEE spectrum magazine. Not a lot of new information, a good summary of the threats as biometrics are being used more and more as authenticators.
Filed under: Authentication, Encryption, Security, biometrics, in the News , Authentication, biometrics, Encryption, Security