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Uncertainty surrounds a cracked post-quantum cryptography algorithm being considered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, now that researchers have potentially discovered a second ...

Hey, you! Guess what? Tomorrow’s high temperatures are going to be reminiscent of a balmy spring day! … SIKE! As in, “I’m so totally just kidding.” We had a long discussion in the newsroom this ...

We don't know. Differential cryptanalysis was discovered by IBM as early as 1974 (and possibly earlier by the NSA), but wasn't publicly known until 1990 when Eli Biham and Adi Shamir discovered and ...

Not learning more mathematics is one of the things on my personal "regret" list. Once I'm not spending most of my time working for a living, I may need to fix that. Click to expand... I went back to ...