[securityaffairs] NIST removes Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm from Draft Guidance suggesting to abandon it

The NIST announced it will request final public comments before Dual_EC_DRBG generator is officially removed from NIST Special Publication 800-90A, Rev.1

[securityaffairs] RSA is accused again to have helped NSA to weaken security products

A group of researchers from Johns Hopkins University discovered that a second NSA tool aggravate the RSA security software’s vulnerability.

[infosecurity-magazine] Less than Half of RSA Conference Attendees Think NSA Surveillance is Wrong

Even though Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA mass surveillance programs have dominated headlines since last year and sparked an ongoing trend toward “transparency” on the part of the tech giants, it turns out that infosecurity professionals aren’t quite as concerned as the general public or some politicians.

[darknet] Researchers Crack 4096-bit RSA Encryption With a Microphone

So this is a pretty interesting acoustic based cryptanalysis side-channel attack which can crack 4096-bit RSA encryption. It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything hardware based, and RSA 4096 is pretty strong encryption, I wonder how they figured this one out.