Morning Overview on MSN

Quantum computers could crack every code on Earth, here’s how

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...
Nature

Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem

The elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP) lies at the heart of modern public-key cryptography. It concerns the challenge of determining an unknown scalar multiplier given two points on an ...
ZDNet

If public key cryptography were really broken

The asymmetric cryptography on which so much security on the Internet is based relies on one of two mathematical assumptions to work: that it is impossible, other than through brute force, to ...
Design-Reuse

The future of public key cryptography will be post-quantum cryptography

Quantum computing is a novel paradigm for computing that was introduced as a concept in the 1980s and has enjoyed a lot of attention in the recent years as the research and development for building ...
Threat Post

Crypto Gains Ramp Up Calls to Get Ahead of Inevitable RSA Algorithm Downfall

Researchers at Black Hat USA 2013 made a call for usage of elliptic curve cryptography in favor of the RSA algorithm, which the experts said could be cracked in the next five years. LAS VEGAS – ...
UMass Lowell

Ravi Montenegro

I study the speed with which finite Markov chains approach their stationary distribution. Recent work has focused on the analysis of two early birthday attacks on problems related to cryptography: ...
Embedded

An introduction to elliptic curve cryptography

Editor's note: See the original article on PurpleAlientPlanet. Some of my research is focused on the implementation issues of elliptic curve cryptography on embedded systems. Since I often have to ...