Re: [cryptography] [OT] Reworked Version of Stuxnet Relative Duqu Found in Iran

2012-03-28 Thread Marsh Ray
On 03/28/2012 10:39 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hi Guys, From "Reworked Version of Stuxnet Relative Duqu Found in Iran," http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/1642-stuxnet-duqu-iran.html: Duqu's builders also changed its encryption algorithm and rigged the malware loader to pose as a Micros

[cryptography] [OT] Reworked Version of Stuxnet Relative Duqu Found in Iran

2012-03-28 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Hi Guys, >From "Reworked Version of Stuxnet Relative Duqu Found in Iran," http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/1642-stuxnet-duqu-iran.html: Duqu's builders also changed its encryption algorithm and rigged the malware loader to pose as a Microsoft driver. (The old driver was signed with a

Re: [cryptography] Bitcoin-mining Botnets observed in the wild? (was: Re: Bitcoin in endgame

2012-03-28 Thread ianG
On 29/03/12 08:32 AM, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote: (N.B. I (still) disagree with Ian Grigg's thesis in several of its other steps. :) However, the part about how botnets, which don't pay for the marginal cost of their electricity, will provide an increasing contribution to the global Bitcoin t

[cryptography] Bitcoin-mining Botnets observed in the wild? (was: Re: Bitcoin in endgame

2012-03-28 Thread Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
(N.B. I (still) disagree with Ian Grigg's thesis in several of its other steps. However, the part about how botnets, which don't pay for the marginal cost of their electricity, will provide an increasing contribution to the global Bitcoin transaction-confirmation service (a.k.a. "mining") -- that p

Re: [cryptography] [OT] The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)

2012-03-28 Thread dan
> Since justice did not catch up with him in life, I was honored to > observe his demise and death. My only regret is he did not die sooner. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow ___ cryp

[cryptography] NIST contact information

2012-03-28 Thread Florian Weimer
Is there a way to contac NIST by email, to report an erratum in one of their standards for cryptography? ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography