By Sean Hollister Mar 9th 2010 http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/1024-bit-rsa-encryption-cracked-by-carefully-starving-cpu-of-ele/ Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts (and 1,500 years of processing time) felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year. Now, three eggheads (or Wolverines, …
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Feb
19
25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors list updated
17 February 2010 http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Top-25-Programming-Errors-list-updated-933535.html Just as they did last year, over thirty international security organisations have come together, to publish a list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors leading to vulnerabilities that can be exploited for cybercrime and espionage. The 2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 MDPE (Most Dangerous Programming Errors) has been updated with a number …
Dec
31
The True Odds of Airborne Terror
What’s the actual risk of an airplane attack? Here’s the definitive chart. Source: fivethirtyeight