CSOonline

‘RSA algorithm flawed’ report is difficult to dismiss

RSA is firing back at researchers who claim in a paper that its flagship crypto system is damaged goods. But the report is still difficult to dismiss. My colleague Ellen Messmer wrote about RSA’s ...
Ars Technica

Report: NSA paid RSA to make flawed crypto algorithm the default

Security company RSA was paid $10 million to use the flawed Dual_EC_DRBG pseudorandom number generating algorithm as the default algorithm in its BSafe crypto library, according to sources speaking to ...
Network World

RSA tokens may be behind major network security problems at Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s has “major internal computer network problems,” that one security blogger is linking to compromised RSA tokens, according to published reports. Use of the company network is ...
Wired

RSA Tells Its Developer Customers: Stop Using NSA-Linked Algorithm

Amidst all of the confusion and concern over an encryption algorithm that may contain an NSA backdoor, RSA Security released an advisory to developer customers today noting that the algorithm is the ...
Ars Technica

Locking the bad guys out with asymmetric encryption

Encryption, the transformation of data into a form that prevents anyone unauthorized from understanding that data, is a fundamental technology that enables online commerce, secure communication, and ...
Security Boulevard

Post-Quantum Cryptography for DKIM, PGP, and S/MIME: Quantum Threat to Email Security

Quantum computers won’t break the internet tomorrow… but they will break your email security sooner than you think. Today, cybercriminals and state-sponsored groups are quietly collecting encrypted ...
CSOonline

RSA Tokens May Be Behind Major Network Security Problems At Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s has “major internal computer network problems,” that one security blogger is linking to compromised RSA tokens, according to published reports. Lockheed Martin’s has “major internal ...