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Kaspersky Labs Trying to Crack 1024-bit RSA

2008-06-12 12:30:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bit RSA key used by the Gpcode Virus. From their website : We estimate it would take around 15 million modern computers, running for about a year, to crack such a key What are they smoking at Kaspersky? We've never factored a 1024-bit number -- at least, not outside any secret government agency -- and it's likely to require a lot more than 15...
 
Tags: rsa, 1024-bit, kaspersky, 1024-bit rsa key, key, crack, kaspersky lab, mathematical, million modern computers
 
 
 
 
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Warming the cold boot a bit of braggin from BitArmor

2008-02-28 13:17:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...BitArmor have taken another approach the solve the problem approach. In fact, we had solved this problem, before it even became a known issue. Our CEO, Patrick McGregor is one of the researchers mentioned in the Princeton paper as having proposed architectural enhancements to prevent (the key word being prevent :))these attacks. From the...
 
Tags: approach, happy approach, disk encryption products, disk encryption, complexity approach, bitarmor, disk encryption technologies, researchers, princeton researchers
 
 
 
 
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Changing the SSL cipher order in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista

2007-11-07 05:37:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...bit-lengths first. Why? If longer bit lengths are more secure, shouldn't they be listed first Remember, encryption is the thing that buys you time against Immutable Law #3 . But performing encryption itself takes time. So when choosing an algorithm and a bit length, one important consideration is to ask yourself this question: "How long do I...
 
Tags: sha, null sha, cbc sha p384, cbc sha, cbc sha p521, shorter bit lengths, bit lengths, cbc sha p256, 256-bit aes
 
 
 
 
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Blackhat SEO Campaign at The Millennium Challenge Corporation

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2008-05-07 03:57:19 by HASH0x8ae4918 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...bit.nl which is a legitimate Dutch table tennis association. Compared to previous blackhat SEO campaigns that I've assessed in the past taking advantage of redirection only, the layout of the embedded pages in this one is sticking the remotely loading images at the top of the page, and placing the original at the bottom The campaign's main...
 
Tags: images, images ttv-bit, sites, page rank-ed sites, ttv-bit, spam pages, spam, campaign, pages
 
 
 
 
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It's Router Upgrade Time As AS Numbers Expand

2008-07-28 22:25:12 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...bits. A new standard exists for 32-bit AS numbers and, as of January 1, 2009 these 32-bit numbers will be the ones allocated by default, unless a 16-bit number is specifically requested. But routers and network management software on networks using the new numbers need to be updated. Surprisingly, and impressively, routers on older, 16-bit...
 
Tags: internet, regional internet registries, ipv4 addresses, 32-bit, networks, network management software, addresses, 16-bit, similar timeline
 
 
 
 
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It's Router Upgrade Time as AS Numbers Expand

2008-07-28 22:25:12 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...bits. A new standard exists for 32-bit AS numbers and, as of Jan. 1, 2009, these 32-bit numbers will be the ones allocated by default, unless a 16-bit number is specifically requested. But routers and network management software on networks using the new numbers need to be updated. Surprisingly, and impressively, routers on older, 16-bit...
 
Tags: internet, regional internet registries, ipv4 addresses, 32-bit, networks, network management software, addresses, backward compatibility, 16-bit
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft IPsec diagnostic tool

2008-02-01 11:39:04 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...bit of a challenge to configure, especially if you're newly learning about it. Microsoft recently released a diagnostic tool to help you create and test your policies. It checks for common network problems on host machines and suggests repair commands. It collects IPsec policy information on systems and parses IPsec logs to deduce why a...
 
Tags: windows vista enterprise, windows vista, windows vista business, windows, windows firewall, windows server, ipsec, tool, diagnostic tool
 
 
 
 
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TJX - Who suffers?

2007-10-26 08:12:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...bits. They take awhile to think out and I need to post something All the signs are pointing that TJX has suffered a text book case hack attempt and so all the Security Chicken Littles were salivating because this would be the "I told you so" opportunity of a lifetime And it didn't happen. I blogged about it here and here So, what happened?...
 
Tags: tjx, bit, bit harder, impact tjx, suffers, process, credit card process, credit cards, consumers start
 
 
 
 
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Seven Years of Wi-Fi Networking News

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2008-04-04 15:10:45 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...bit aged. Turning 40 a couple weeks ago didn't give me that feeling. Have two children (1 and 3 2/3) has a bit (mostly when I'm achey from too much carrying and too little sleep). But finding that my "other child," Wi-Fi Networking News is a grand spanking seven years old has, in fact, made me stoop just a little bit I started Wi-Fi...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi hotspot giant, municipal wi-fi, wi-fi signal finder, wi-fi world, world, 11b-later-wi-fi site, 11b, news