Cryptography


Skype’s Encryption Algorithm Exposed

A group of code breakers believe they have
successfully reverse engineered Skype’s implementation of the RC4
cipher, one of several encryption technologies used by the
consumer-oriented VoIP service. Read the full article. [The Register]

Pirate Bay Hack Exposes 4 Million Users

Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]


A new approach to adding an encrypted watermark to digital images allows
the an image to be validated against a pass key, according to research according to research published in the International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering. Read the full article. [Science Daily]

Senior engineers at Facebook responsible for SRE (site reliability
engineering) challenged Facebook employees to try to compromise him and
gain access to Facebook’s administrative system via information obtained
from him. They succeeded. Read the full article. [TechCrunch]