crypto

VIDEO: How to solve the RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle

by Paul Ducklin on March 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

By popular request, here is a video explaining how to solve the cryptographic puzzle we published on our RSA 2012 conference T-shirt...

Take on the RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle and win a NERF gun!

by Paul Ducklin on February 27, 2012 | 3 Comments

Join in with those attending RSA 2012 and get in the running to win a NERF N-STRIKE Vulcan EBF-25.

You don't have to be at the show to enter and win!

VIDEO: How to solve the #dragontattoo #sophospuzzle

by Paul Ducklin on December 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

By popular request, here is a video explaining how to solve the Dragon Tattoo-themed puzzle we published earlier this week...

Randomness in cryptography - the devil's in the details

by Paul Ducklin on November 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

Kiwicon opened with a software engineering talk which was intensely focused - a case study of a single-line bug in a single source file in a single module in a 70MBbyte programming language distro.

Paul Ducklin reports from Wellington, New Zealand.

SSCC 74 - fighting hi-tech crime, Kelihos botnet, iCode for USA, Amazon Silk tablet, Mac malware and the BEAST

by Paul Ducklin on October 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

This week, Chet and Paul Ducklin discuss the interesting and important topics of the past week: fighting hi-tech crime, tackling the Kelihos botnet, taking on zombified home users, examining the risks of Amazon's new Silk tablet, and understanding the BEAST!

Apple fakery, DNS hack, DigiNotar, Linux, Wikileaks - 60 Sec Security

by Paul Ducklin on September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

Lots of readers said they'd like to see our 'news-with-a-conscience' videos more than once a month.

So here you go. 60 Second Security, once every two weeks.

Dropbox lets anyone log in as anyone - so check your files now!

by Paul Ducklin on June 21, 2011 | 11 Comments

Customers of cloud-based file storing-and-sharing company Dropbox should check on the data they've entrusted to the service, following the company's admission that it messed up its access controls for several hours.

WikiLeaks, Gawker, OpenBSD, Lineage II - 90 Sec News - Dec 2010

by Paul Ducklin on December 29, 2010 | Leave a comment

Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds!

This month: the WikiLeaks show, massive Gawker password theft, an out-of-the-blue OpenBSD accusation, and virtual property stolen from Lineage II.

Forget WikiLeaks - here comes DickiLeaks!

by Paul Ducklin on December 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

Saints skipper Riewoldt addresses the media

Forget WikiLeaks - Australia is currently embroiled in a data leakage saga of its own, dubbed "DickiLeaks", following the publication of nude photos of football players from high-flying Australian Football League club St. Kilda.