Crypto Model Based on Human Cardiorespiratory Coupling

A novel and theoretical encryption scheme inspired by new insights into the way that the human heart and lungs communicate is said to be substantially different than existing crypto-methods and highly resistant to conventional attacks. The research was undertaken and published by Professors...

DoD DIACAP transition to RMF approved

Welcome DIARMF! This has been a long time coming. From DITSCAP to DIACAP and now to DIARMF the Department of Defense approved the transition to a Risk Management Framework RMF approach developed by NIST on March 12. What does this mean for Information Systems and Platform Information Technology...

Research Finds MAC Address Hashing Not a Fix for Privacy Problems

UPDATE–Cryptographic algorithms and hash functions are designed to be resistant to a variety of attacks, but one of the things that they can’t defend against is time. Time and the inevitable advancement of technology have turned out to be the greatest enemies of cryptography, and a quick research...

CVE-2014-0694

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC) in Cisco Cloud Portal 9.4.1 and earlier contains fixed cryptographic material in binary files, enabling remote attackers to obtain cleartext data from any IAC installation with knowledge of the embedded key. Impact is confidential data leakage due to c...

Ransomware Scam Plagued by Weak Crypto

A new piece of ransomware that emerged earlier this month is encrypting its victim’s files with an easily breakable cryptographic algorithm. BitCrypt, as it is known, purports to lock down files with 1024-bit RSA encryption but actually only deploys a much weaker 426-bit key. According to...

[DVIA] Damn Vulnerable iOS Application

.png Damn Vulnerable iOS App DVIA is an iOS application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goal is to provide a platform to mobile security enthusiasts/professionals or students to test their iOS penetration testing skills in a legal environment. This application covers all the common...

Apple's iOS vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle Attack, Install iOS 7.0.6 to Patch

Apple's latest 35.4 MB update of iOS 7.0.6 doesn't seem important at first, but it contains a critical security patch that addresses a flaw with SSL encryption. Yes, a very critical security vulnerability that could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be...

Learn How DuckDuckGo Search Engine helps you to be a Good Programmer

So you want to be a Programmer? Want to learn - How to code, Debug, and Program? The Web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time, but never knew Where to start or How to troubleshoot your programs. Learning How to be a good programmer begins with learning logic...

CentOS Update for openswan CESA-2014:0185 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

RHEL 5 / 6 : openswan (RHSA-2014:0185)

Updated openswan packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating,...

Fedora Update for mod_nss FEDORA-2013-22730

Check for the Version of modnss OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for modnss FEDORA-2013-22730 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

NSA allegedly hacked Belgian Cryptography Expert with spoofed LinkedIn Profile

Cryptographer Professor Jean-Jacques Quisquater has become the part of a targeted attack by the US National Security Agency NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ, first reported on Saturday morning by De Standaard. A few months back in September 2013 it was revealed that, Belgacom, the largest...

Test your Mobile Hacking and Penetration testing Skills with Damn vulnerable iOS app

Smartphones are powerful and popular, with more than thousands of new mobile apps hitting the market everyday. Apps and mobile devices often rely on consumers' data, including private information, photos, and location, that can be vulnerable to data breaches, surveillance and real-world thieves...

Navy's Cyberwar Expert - New Director of NSA, replacing Gen. Keith Alexander

It is very clear that when we talk about Intelligence and Surveillance, the first name comes to our mind is the U.S National Security Agency NSA and, the second is Gen. Keith Alexander, the Director of NSA..GEEK behind the massive surveillance Programs. Many documents revealed by the former NSA’s...

Cryptography Hacks - Hash Encryption using DuckDuckGo Search Engine

Over the past several months, it has become clear that the Internet and our Privacy have been fundamentally compromised. A Private search engine DuckDuckGo claims that when you click on one of their search results, they do not send personally identifiable information along with your request to th...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libreswan-3.8-1.fc20

Libreswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libreswan-3.8-1.fc19

Libreswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the...

Crypto Pioneers Write Letter on NSA Surveillance to Obama

Perhaps the biggest condemnation of President Obama’s address last Friday announcing reforms to the NSA’s surveillance programs was his failure to mention any of the agency’s alleged involvement in subverting cryptography standards and the impact that has had on the trustworthiness of products...

OpenBSD Project survived after $20,000 Donation from Romanian Bitcoin Billionaire

Last year in the month of December the Security-focused Unix-like distribution 'OpenBSD' Foundation announced that it was facing shut down due to lack of funds to pay their electricity bills and dedicated Internet line costs. Theo de Raadt, the founder of the OpenBSD project, and Bob Beck Develop...

RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2014:0015-01

Check for the Version of openssl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2014:0015-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...