CRYPTOMATHIC BLOG

 

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Why a Banking KMS Must Support Atalla Key Blocks

Invented by Mohamed Atalla, the Atalla key block is the root of all key blocks. All over the globe, hundreds of millions of financial transactions...

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Why Native Code Obfuscation is Essential for Mobile Apps

In the mobile environment, source code is often distributed without enough security. Programs compiled as bytecode, such as the ones developed for...

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W3C's suggestion for a Web Cryptography API

The World Wide Web Consortium or W3C as it is commonly known was founded in 1994 by the original architect of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. It...

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How to Secure the Lifecycle of Cryptographic Keys

This article discusses the main phases involved in the life-cycle of a cryptographic key, and how the operational lifetime of a key and its strength...

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Symmetric Cryptography & Key Management: Exhaustion & Rotation

With data protection standards, such as GDPR, and the sheer mass of data that companies collect and accumulate, the protection and control of...

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10 Anti-debugging Techniques for Mobile Banking Apps

In the mobile environment, while debuggers are legal and legitimate development tools, hackers can also use them to reverse mobile banking and...

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Fixing HTTPS Vulnerabilities in Mobile Banking & Payment Apps

Here we describe some of the HTTPS vulnerabilities in the context of mobile banking and their countermeasures.

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The need to manage both symmetric and asymmetric keys

A well-rounded solution for securing digital transactions includes the use of both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and keys. Each method of...

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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: Key Distribution 

Key distribution is perhaps the most important and crucial aspect of the ANSI X9.24-1-2017 part 1 standard. But first, let us explain what...

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