Rather than undermining the algorithm, the NSA had used the technique to shore up DES to improve its security, then kept it secret.

This paper specifies the modification of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) which may organizations to protect sensitive data.

Agencies should test post-quantum cryptography algorithms with their software and decide whether information security benefits outweigh the efficiency losses ahead of a federally mandated transition, ...

Algorithms improve how we protect our data New algorithms are much better at estimating the security level of encrypted data Date: May 4, 2021 Source: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science ...

Karsten Nohl, the founder of Berlin's Security Research Labs, has announced an exploit for SIM cards using the outdated 56-bit DES algorithm for its signature verification.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

But for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which rely on today’s cryptographic algorithms for security, this technological leap could pose new risks.

Reliance, or even overreliance, on algorithms in international policy and security settings, in which every decision is subjective, should be provoking far more debate than the subject is getting.