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- Sagemath 4.1.1 (Windows)
- Sage can be used to study general and advanced, pure and applied mathematics. This includes a huge range of mathematics, including algebra, calculus, elementary to very advanced number theory, cryptography, numerical computation, commutative algebra, group theory, combinatorics, graph theory, exact linear algebra and much more. It combines various software packages...
- Tags: Theory, Mathematics, Microsoft Windows, Algebra, Sage Foundation, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-08-28
- Security Threat Mitigation Trends in Low-Cost RFID Systems
- The design and implementation of security threat mitigation mechanisms in RFID systems, specially in low-cost RFID tags, are gaining great attention in both industry and academia. One main focus of research interests is the authentication and privacy techniques to prevent attacks targeting the insecure wireless channel of these systems. Cryptography...
- Tags: Cryptography, Carleton University, Digital Security, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics
- White papers 2009-06-22
- Public Key Cryptography on RFID Tags: "A Survey on the GPS Identification Scheme"
- In the last few years, a lot of research effort has been made in the area of Radio Frequency Identification RFID technology. The widespread deployment of RFID tags and their increased usage in open environments brought on surface a need for supporting more advanced security features. Applying public-key cryptography constitutes...
- Tags: Survey, GPS, Public-Key Cryptography, RFID Tag, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2009-06-07
- Books: Entering the Age of Glosses
- Here's the key to thinking about the future of writing, something straight out of the manuscript era: the humble gloss or "scholia," for those who prefer the Latin. They are the notes, in margins, footnotes at the bottom of a page (the standard starting around 1700) and later in the...
- Tags: Movie, Audible Inc., Cryptography, Books, Copy, Kindle, Master File, Page Number, E-books, Digital Security, Security, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- News to know: Apple, VMWare, Earth Day, Kaiser, MySpace
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple beats for Q2; Best non-holiday quarter; Netbook hardware 'junky' Jason D. O'Grady: Apple's Q209 earnings. Recession?...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, MySpace, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- The return of L0phtCrack
- More than two years after Symantec pulled the plug on L0phtCrack, the venerable password cracking tool is being prepped for a return to the spotlight. The original creators of L0phtCrack has reacquired the tool with plans to release a new version at next week's SOURCE Boston conference....
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Password, Password Cracking, Tool, L0phtCrack, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- VeriSign buys Certicom to trump RIM
- VeriSign said Friday it won a tug of war with Research in Motion over Certicom, a small company with public key encryption technology. In a statement, VeriSign said it would buy Certicom for the equivalent of $1.67 a share, a 26 percent premium to where Certicom traded...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., VeriSign Inc., Certicom Corp., Digital Signatures, Digital Security, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- VeriSign to acquire Certicom for $73 million
- VeriSign and Certicom announced today that VeriSign will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Certicom for $92 million Canadian, or roughly $73 million U.S. at $2.10 Canadian ($1.67 U.S.) per share. Certicom Corp. provides cryptography solutions for software vendors and device manufacturers to embed security...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Certicom Corp., Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet
- What if security researchers were able to disrupt the leftovers of the Storm Worm botnet thanks to a flaw in its communication model allowing them to redirect infected hosts and eventually disinfect them, but fearing legal action have their hands tied? At the 25th Chaos Communication Congress,...
- Tags: Node, Malware, Worm, Stormfucker, Waledac, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Quantum Computing and Cryptography: Their Impact on Cryptographic Practice
- Quantum cryptography may find application in certain specific applications. For example, in securing metropolitan area data links. However, the constraints upon its use do not make it a practical solution for many popular applications of cryptography at this time. If research into quantum routers and quantum digital signatures bears fruit,...
- Tags: Cryptography, Computing, Quantum Corp., Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes
- A team of Swiss researchers say there are several ways to recover keystrokes from wired keyboards by simply measuring the electromagnetic radiations emitted when keys are pressed. In all, the team of researchers from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, found four different ways to...
- Tags: Team, Radiation, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride
- A group of Dutch security researchers were able to clone the "smartcards" that commuters use to pay fares in the London Underground system, allowing the group to ride for free. This is an interesting attack vector that I actually talked to Adam Laurie about when I was at Black Hat Amsterdam. ...
- Tags: Card, Smart Card, Researcher, London, Smart Cards, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Got room in your heart for a hacker?
- I was looking over famed security researcher and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier's blog today and found an article on hacking medical devices. I have to admit that I was surprised, but I shouldn't have been. These days, if you can build it, we can break it seems to be the...
- Tags: Device, Researcher, Article, Hacker, Schneier, Hacking, Security, Digital Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- 2008: The year of hack the vote?
- The state of Ohio has released a comprehensive study of voting machine security and the report will have you longing for paper. A 334-page PDF report from the Ohio Secretary of State reveals insufficient security, poor implementation of security technology, lax auditing and shoddy ...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Access, EVEREST, Premier AV-TSX, Hart EMS, Security, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- Gaming technology helps finding oil
- With the help of an IBM supercomputer, University of Houston UH seismic researchers are using video game technology to help them more effectively target oil reserves. IBM has installed a Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) system 'that represents a new generation of powerful supercomputers with substantial parallelism built in at the...
- Tags: Game, Processor, Cell, IBM Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- America is not the world and open source is grateful
- America is not the world and open source is gratefulNot all Americans agreeMicrosoft's position unassailable? Puh-leese. With the way the patent ffice hands out transh patents for even the most obvious of inventions, Microsoft's position is anything but unassailable. It would be expensive to fight, yes. And they might have...
- Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., America IS, patent, open source, software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- The greatest book of all time
- In the interest of making this blog more accessible to a variety of folks interested in educational technology, and not just budding Linux geeks like me, I started thinking this weekend about interesting ways to bring technology into the average classroom. (For a little bit of background, see the...
- Tags: Class, Fiction, Paperback, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Bill Gates seeks patent for ad-rebate program
- I don't write a lot about Microsoft patent applications, as they're often so vague that guessing their true intent is an effort in futility. But when it's Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' name on the application, things get a little more interesting.Gates and a Microsoft researcher applied for a patent in...
- Tags: Advertisement, Patent, Search Engine, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- What is Intel's mobile Linux game?
- What is Intel's mobile Linux game?what you've said is like a dog chasing its tail in circlesInnovators innovate - trueOpen source has provided no innovations. They just copy others innovation. Just another "Me too" or wanna be, not the real deal.So asking for spectrum to be given away for free...
- Tags: game, Mobile Linux, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, open source, Intel Corp., innovation, Internet, mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
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