Karsten Nohl, the founder of Berlin's Security Research Labs, has announced an exploit for SIM cards using the outdated 56-bit DES algorithm for its signature verification. The security researcher ...

As a number of companies push various strategies for the end-to-end encryption of payment card data, the Smart Card Alliance weighed in Monday with what it considers a simpler alternative: wider use ...

- Japan's only 128-bit block cipher encryption algorithm to be adopted - The selection is attributed to Camellia's high reputation for ease of procurement, and security and performance features ...