Tag Archive for: Cryptographic

CWI cryptanalyst discovers new cryptographic attack variant in Flame spy malware – Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

CWI cryptanalyst discovers new cryptographic attack variant in Flame spy malware
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
Cryptanalyst Marc Stevens from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, known for breaking the https security in 2008 using a cryptanalytic attack on MD5, analyzed the recent Flame virus this week. He discovered that for this spy malware 

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Concern mounts as Google confirms Android cryptographic vulnerability – The Guardian


The Guardian

Concern mounts as Google confirms Android cryptographic vulnerability
The Guardian
or random number generation may not receive cryptographically strong values on Android devices due to improper initialization of the underlying PRNG," explained Android security engineer Alex Klyubin in a post on Google's Android developers blog.
Google acknowledges Android security issue that led to Bitcoin theftSlashGear
Android's Bitcoin-wallet-busting security bug gets patchedGigaOM
Google Admits Android Security Problem – but it May Never be FixedIBTimes.co.uk
CNET –InfoWorld (blog) –Ars Technica
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