Quantum Computing and Cryptography

Quantum computing is a new way of computing -- one that could allow humankind to perform computations that are simply impossible using today's computing technologies. It allows for very fast searching, something that would break some of the encryption algorithms we use today. And it allows us to...

bouncycastle: ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider...

Sensitive Data Exposure in msrcrypto

Versions of msrcrypto prior to 1.4.1 are vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure. The package's Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC implementation may leak information about a server's private ECC key. It can also allow attackers to craft invalid ECDSA signatures that pass as valid. There is no publish...

GHSA-QG3G-2MGH-33J8 Sensitive Data Exposure in msrcrypto

Versions of msrcrypto prior to 1.4.1 are vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure. The package's Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC implementation may leak information about a server's private ECC key. It can also allow attackers to craft invalid ECDSA signatures that pass as valid. There is no publish...

CVE-2018-5389

The Internet Key Exchange v1 main mode is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. Reusing a key pair across different versions and modes of IKE could lead to cross-protocol authentication bypasses. It is well known, that the aggressive mode of IKEv1 PSK is vulnerable to offline...

CISSP Certification Course — Become An IT Security Professional

If you dream of making it big in the IT security community, the CISSP certification is a necessary milestone. Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP is a globally recognised certification in the field of information security, which has become a gold standard of achievement that...

Dell EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite Memory Misreference Vulnerability

Dell EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite MES is an encryption toolkit from Dell USA. The toolkit can help developers achieve stable and secure application design. A security vulnerability exists in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE MES versions 4.0.x prior to 4.0.11 and 4.1.x prior to 4.1.6.1, which stems from th...

CVE-2018-11057

RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.0.11 in 4.0.x and prior to 4.1.6.1 in 4.1.x contains a Covert Timing Channel vulnerability during RSA decryption, also known as a Bleichenbacher attack on RSA decryption. A remote attacker may be able to recover a RSA key...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: bouncycastle-1.60-1.fc28

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8...

Crypton - Library Consisting Of Explanation And Implementation Of All The Existing Attacks On Various Encryption Systems, Digital Signatures, Hashing Algorithms

Crypton is an educational library to learn and practice Offensive and Defensive Cryptography. It is basically a collection of explanation and implementation of all the existing vulnerabilities and attacks on various Encryption Systems Symmetric and Asymmetric, Digital Signatures, Message...

Offensive and Defensive Cryptography: Crypton

Crypton is an educational library to learn and practice Offensive and Defensive Cryptography. It is basically a collection of explanation and implementation of all the existing vulnerabilities and attacks on various Encryption Systems Symmetric and Asymmetric, Digital Signatures, Message...

kernel: crypto: privilege escalation in skcipher_recvmsg function

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's skcipher component, which affects the skcipherrecvmsg function. Attackers using a specific input can lead to a privilege escalation...

Black Hat 2018: Mixed Signal Microcontrollers Open to Side-Channel Attacks

LAS VEGAS – Mixed signal circuits – in which chips isolate digital and analog components – are opening chips up to novel side-channel attacks, researchers said at Black Hat 2018 today. As chip manufacturers search for smaller and cheaper microelectronics components, they have adopted a mixed-sign...

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-24627)

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence IGI is a suite of identity management and governance solutions from IBM in the United States. The product includes features such as lifecycle management, access risk assessment and identity management. A security vulnerability exists in IBM Securi...

CVE-2017-1366

IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 126859...

IBM Sterling File Gateway Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-18106)

IBM Sterling File Gateway is a suite of file transfer software from IBM in the United States. The software integrates different centers of file transfer activity and facilitates the secure exchange of file-based data over the Internet. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in IBM Sterlin...

FreeBSD : py-cryptography -- tag forgery vulnerability (9e2d0dcf-9926-11e8-a92d-0050562a4d7b)

The Python Cryptographic Authority PyCA project reports : finalizewithtag allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in some cases. The method now enforces the mintaglength provided to the GCM constructor C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks ...

Three of My Books Are Available in DRM-Free E-Book Format

Humble Bundle sells groups of e-books at ridiculously low prices, DRM free. This month, the bundles are all Wiley titles, including three of my books: Applied Cryptography, Secrets and Lies, and Cryptography Engineering. $15 gets you everything, and they're all DRM-free. Even better, a portion of...

Fedora 27 : python-cryptography / python-cryptography-vectors (2018-06c24068c6)

New upstream release 2.3 Fixes possible tag truncation security bug in AEAD API, see RHBZ1602752 2.3 - 2018-07-18 - SECURITY ISSUE: finalizewithtag allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in some cases. The method now enforces the mintaglength provided to the GCM constructor...

Fedora Update for python-cryptography FEDORA-2018-06c24068c6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...