Following a public comment period and review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has removed a cryptographic algorithm from its draft guidance on random number generators.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is set to remove the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm from its guidance ...

Although weaknesses in one pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) at the heart of a US National Security Agency (NSA) scandal have been known for years, recent media attention has given light to ...

Raising troubling questions about the reliability of government-mandated cryptography certifications used around the world, scientists have unearthed flaws in Taiwan’s secure digital ID system that ...