AES-256 Encryption and File names encryption with 7-Zip (7z)
If you need to safely backup some of your confidential files (email, financial info, marketing info, source code,…), you can use 7-Zip (aka 7z) to compress and encrypt your archive with AES-256 as well...
View ArticleLinux 4.6 Release – Main Changes, ARM and MIPS Architectures
Linus Torvalds released Linux Kernel 4.6 earlier today: It’s just as well I didn’t cut the rc cycle short, since the last week ended up getting a few more fixes than expected, but nothing in there...
View ArticleLinux 5.0 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures
Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 5.0: Ok, so the last week of the 5.0 release wasn’t entirely quiet, but it’s a lot smaller than rc8 was, and on the whole I’m happy that I delayed a week and did...
View ArticleSeeeduino Crypto Board Combines Microchip ATmega4809 MCU and ECC608 Crypto Chip
With the advance of IoT, security has become critical since devices are often connected to the Internet. There are several ways to improve security and one of them is to implement hardware security...
View ArticleLinux 5.8 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS, and RISC-V Architectures
Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 5.8: So I considered making an rc8 all the way to the last minute, but decided it’s not just worth waiting another week when there aren’t any big looming...
View ArticleKryptor FPGA – Tiny MAX10 FPGA board works as a hardware security module...
Kryptor FPGA, sometimes just called Kryptor, is a compact Intel/Altera MAX10 FPGA development board mostly designed for encryption, and acting as a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) with a...
View ArticleThe New IoT Device Security Specification 1.0 unifies various standards into one
The Connectivity Standards Alliance has recently introduced its IoT Device Security Specification 1.0, a way to defragment many security standards into one. This common scheme and certification...
View ArticleBlaustahl USB storage device features 8KB FRAM with up to 200 years of data...
Machdyne’s Blaustahl is a USB storage device equipped with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU and 8KB of FRAM with a potential lifespan of over 200 years and designed for long-term storage of text up to about...
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