ZDNet

DES encryption leaves SIM cards vulnerable to exploitation

Karsten Nohl, the founder of Berlin's Security Research Labs, has announced an exploit for SIM cards using the outdated 56-bit DES algorithm for its signature verification. The security researcher ...
Network World

RFID encryption flawed in smart cards, researchers claim

New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston. New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID ...
Forbes

Understanding Data Encryption: Types, Algorithms And Security

Ofer A. Lidsky is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and is the founder and CEO of Excellent Brain. In today’s digital age, data encryption is vital for protecting sensitive information.
Threat Post

Weak Encryption Enables SIM Card Root Attack

Las Vegas – In the last Black Hat briefing of the day Wednesday, German security researcher Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs demonstrated a SIM card attack that exploited sloppy encryption and ...
ZDNet

Tiny IoT devices are getting their own special encryption algorithms

The US Department of Commerce's technical standards organization NIST has nominated the Ascon group of cryptographic algorithms for protecting small devices and information transmitted to and from IoT ...