In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
IEEE

Designing of AES-128 Encryption Algorithm Using System Verilog VLSI

Abstract: This paper details a comprehensive study on the implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) using Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) technology for the purpose of creating ...
Road & Track

Code Breaker: Meet the Man Who Cracked the C8 Corvette's Encrypted Brain

A budding interest in tuning his own car meshed perfectly with Geglia’s background in computer programming. Vince Geglia II’s break came via the Chevrolet Cobalt. Not the Cobalt SS, but the base ...
GitHub

Claude Code's Entire Source Code Got Leaked via a Sourcemap in npm, Let's Talk About It

There's also a non-zero chance this repo might be taken down, so if you want to play around with it later, or archive it yourself, feel free to fork it & bookmark the external blog link ! Earlier ...
Grist

To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code

At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts. “The forbidden C-word” — climate. Roberts, union president at ...
IEEE

Extended AES with Custom Configurable Encryption

Abstract: In response to the escalating challenges of cybersecurity in today’s digital landscape, this research introduces an enhanced version of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), termed ...