Google is encouraging businesses and security practitioners to utilize cryptographic hashes like SHA-256, a Secure Hash Algorithm which serves as the basis of the Bitcoin network’s proof of work (PoW) ...

For more than 10 years, SHA-1 authentication was used to protect intellectual property (IP) from counterfeiting and illegal copying. But now, as information processing has advanced, engineers want an ...

The DS28C22 is a DeepCover® secure authenticator with I²C interface that uses the SHA-256 algorithm for bidirectional authentication. Additional features, including a 3Kb user EEPROM array, multiple ...

At the Crypto 2004 conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., this month, researchers announced several weaknesses in common hash functions. These results, while mathematically significant, aren’t cause for ...

The benefits of blockchain technology, Bitcoin included, are indisputable. Yet, it features several flaws pertaining to speed, transaction fees, and security, all of which affect scalability. In an ...

Bringing to a close a five-year selection process, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the successor to the encryption algorithm that is used today to secure ...