Truncated HMAC Security and Performance Trade-offs
RFC 2104 says you need at least 80 bits, but NIST's new SP 800-224 dropped the floor to 32 bits with a risk analysis requirement that nobody wants to explain.
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Monero 0.18.4.5 Fixes Ledger Crash Bug
Monero 0.18.4.5 arrives with Ledger Nano Gen5 compatibility and patches for daemon synchronization problems.
Threema Sold to Private Equity Again
Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.
Up in Smoke: How X-Rays Burned a €3.75M Cocaine Run
Hiding 53.5 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle's exhaust system worked exactly as well as anyone with basic OPSEC knowledge would expect Revenue officers found it in minutes.
GNUnet 0.26.2: Post-Quantum Layer and UTF-8 API Fixes
GNUnet 0.26.2 shipped December 22, 2025 with two targeted bugfixes: NULL reporting in the post-quantum cryptography layer and UTF-8 case conversion API repair.