British surveillance agency GCHQ has rolled out a new app aimed at boosting teenagers’ interest in cryptography. Dubbed Cryptoy, the new code-breaking Android app lets users know about basic encryption techniques including…
Tag: Cryptography
Future of Cryptography
Cryptography has been around since the times of the Roman Empire and has been protecting secret information through the ages. From simple mono alphabetic substitution cipher to some of the most advanced…
Google forks OpenSSL to create its own BoringSSL
The latest fork means that there will be three different versions of SSL. Which one will you choose?
Report: NSA paid RSA $10m to use Dual EC DRBG as preferred random number generator
Newly released documents by whistleblower Edward Snowden A new report reveals that National Security Agency (NSA) allegedly paid $10 million to RSA back in 2006 to get the cryptography pioneer use Dual Elliptic…
NIST initiates cryptographic standards review over NSA foul play
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced review of all its previous recommendations in wake of recent reports of secret NSA meddling leading to weakening of standards making it…