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Anatomy of a bug - misplaced parenthesis threatens NetBSD's random numbers

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NetBSD recently patched a programming bug in its kernel that affected the sanctity of the operating system's random numbers.

One lousy parenthesis misplaced by just two characters...

Kim Dotcom takes issue with critics taking issue with his new MEGA service

The party-time news of the past weekend was the launch of Kim Dotcom's comeback file sharing service, Mega.

Crypto critics have already taken issue with some aspects of Mega's implementation, and Dotcom has taken issue right back at them...

Researchers take another crack at SSL

Researchers take another crack at SSL

Just how unique is is your private key?

Is there a chance that someone else, without any malice aforethought, might unexpectedly end up with a key pair that is identical or at least dangerously similar to yours?