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Provably Fair, Explained: How Cryptographic Hashing Lets Players Verify Game Outcomes

The cryptography is decades old and well understood, the verification is something a curious player can run by hand, and the ...
IEEE

Survey of Lightweight Hardware-Based Hash Functions for Security in Constrained IoT Devices

Abstract: Lightweight cryptographic primitives are commonly used to secure communication in resource-constrained IoT devices such as RFID tags, sensors, actuators, wireless sensor networks, and edge ...

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP, simultaneously compromised Microsoft's durabletask Python ...
TechSpot

Kaspersky warns that passwords hashed with MD5 algorithm can be cracked in minutes using a GPU

Facepalm: A couple of years ago, Kaspersky Lab tested the resilience of hashed passwords against a modern gaming GPU. Now, the Moscow-based security firm has updated its study and found that things ...
Ars Technica

Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require nearly the resources anticipated just a year or two ago, two independently ...
Nature

In-sensor cryptographic signature generation to link a physical process and an immutable digital entity

Data forgery and manipulation can undermine trust in areas ranging from science to journalism. Artificial intelligence will probably exacerbate this problem, degrading our ability to distinguish ...
financefeeds

SHA-256 vs Keccak-256: Comparing Cryptographic Blockchain Hash Functions, Security, and Performance

Cryptographic hash functions are the foundation of modern blockchain systems and cybersecurity. They play a crucial role in ensuring data integrity, enabling digital signatures, and verifying ...
IEEE

MiNTT: A Family of Module Lattice-based Cryptographic Compression Functions

Abstract: A cryptographic compression function is the part of a hash function most responsible for compressing input while avoiding collisions. In recent years [26], [27], NIST has released a Call for ...
CoinDesk

Vitalik Buterin unveils Ethereum roadmap to counter quantum computing threat

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a roadmap to protect the blockchain from the long-term risks posed by quantum computers. Although practical quantum computers capable of breaking modern ...
decrypt

Vitalik Buterin Maps Quantum Upgrade to Ethereum to Replace Core Cryptography

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buterin pointed out four Ethereum components that rely on cryptography vulnerable to quantum attacks. The plan replaces BLS, ...
Scientific American

How ‘effectively zero-knowledge’ proofs could transform cryptography

In mathematics, proofs can be written down and shared. In cryptography, when people are trying to avoid revealing their secrets, proofs are not always so simple—but a new result significantly closes ...