eWeek

Researchers from Google, CTI Break SHA-1 Hash Encryption Function

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...
Military

Cryptography in trusted computing: an introduction to secure hashing

ASHBURN, Va. – Cryptography forms the foundation of many aspects of trusted computing. This article considers recent algorithms and cryptographic attacks, as well as some future directions for ...
EDN

Cryptography for embedded systems – Part 1: Security level categories & hashing

In this chapter we will look at choosing and optimizing cryptographic algorithms, particularly for resource-constrained systems, such as embedded systems. We will look at various strategies for ...
Network World

NIST announces competition for new cryptographic hash algorithm

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a public competition to pick a new cryptographic hash algorithm that would become the new federal information processing standard.
Science Daily

NIST Issues Call For A New 'Hash' Algorithm

NIST has opened a competition to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm, a tool that converts a file, message or block of data to a short "fingerprint" for use in digital signatures, message ...

Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Becoming Mandatory For Financial Institutions

The real challenge facing bank and insurer CIOs and CISOs is migrating decades-old, interdependent technology stacks before ...

Mahathi Kari: Improving data security with cryptographic hashing and Java performance research

Mahathi Kari's research contributes to this conversation by examining one of the foundational building blocks of secure ...
techtarget

Secure Hash Algorithm-3: How SHA-3 is a next-gen security tool

The National Institute of Standards and Technology published the final version of its "Secure Hash Algorithm-3" standard in August 2015 and has released it to the public, calling it a "next-generation ...
Ars Technica

SHA1 algorithm securing e-commerce and software could break by year’s end

SHA1, one of the Internet’s most crucial cryptographic algorithms, is so weak to a newly refined attack that it may be broken by real-world hackers in the next three months, an international team of ...
PC Magazine

cryptographic hash function

An algorithm that transforms a given amount of data (the "message") into a fixed number of digits, known as the "hash," "digest" or "digital fingerprint." Hash functions are a fundamental component in ...
techtarget

What is a cryptographic checksum?

Generated by a cryptographic algorithm, a cryptographic checksum is a mathematical value assigned to a file sent through a network for verifying that the data contained in that file is unchanged. The ...