ZDNet

Formal NIST recommendation for Dual_EC_DRBG to be withdrawn

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is set to remove the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm from its guidance ...
ZDNet

NSA encryption backdoor proof of concept published

Although weaknesses in one pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) at the heart of a US National Security Agency (NSA) scandal have been known for years, recent media attention has given light to ...
Design-Reuse

The Importance of True Randomness in Cryptography

In the world of information security, we often see statements such as ‘secured by 128-bit AES’ or ‘protected by 2048 bit authentication’. We are used to people asking about the strength of the ...
Design-Reuse

Intrinsic-ID tackles Random Number generation issues and launches iRNG - A true random number GENERATOR - as hard or Soft IP

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, April 7th, 2011, - Intrinsic-ID, a leading provider of embedded silicon IP and software security solutions based on hardware intrinsic security (HIS) technology, today ...
Graham Cluley

The NSA’s $10 million ‘bribe’ to get RSA to use backdoored encryption algorithm

The NSA arranged a secret $10 million deal with security firm RSA that ultimately resulted in the company incorporating a flawed algorithm for generating random numbers into its products, creating a ...