The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a competition to develop a new cryptographic “hash” algorithm, a tool that converts a file, message or block of data to a short ...

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Chaotic hash functions represent a cutting‐edge convergence between nonlinear dynamics and cryptographic science. These functions employ chaotic maps—mathematical systems that exhibit extreme ...

You're about to click on a download button and notice a weird looking code next to it. It doesn't seem to have anything to do how big the file is or whether it's ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology retired one of the first widely used cryptographic algorithms, citing vulnerabilities that make further use inadvisable, Thursday. NIST recommended ...

It's very difficult for any entity to take over Bitcoin via a hash attack alone. But altcoins and micro-cap cryptocurrencies are at significant risk of hash takeovers. Starting with the basics, ...