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If You Can’t Beat AI, Then Adopt It

Integrating OpenAI into Applications

3 min readMar 4, 2024

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If You Can’t Beat AI, Then Adopt It

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Assange, Snowden and the Trap Door

Julian Assange being arrested last week brought back the memories of how he leaked Edward Snowden’s memos around the possible existence of…

5 min readApr 22, 2019

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Assange, Snowden and the Trap Door

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Crazy Crypto: Meet CVE-2024–31497

Straight from the School of Cook Your Own Crypto

3 min read1 day ago

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Crazy Crypto: Meet CVE-2024–31497

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

2x2TB USB Disks for £58!

I received this advert for a 2TB USB on Microsoft Start:

3 min read2 days ago

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2x2TB USB Disks for £58!

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DES, AES, SHA-3, LWC and PQC: Are Cryptography Competitions a Good Idea?

We are so lucky to have Daniel J Bernstein coming along for a chat [here], and he has a great new paper on cryptographic competitions for…

4 min read3 days ago

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DES, AES, SHA-3, LWC and PQC: Are Cryptography Competitions a Good Idea?

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

National Quantum Day: A Bluffers Guide to PQC

Yesterday was National Quantum Day, and which aimed to increase awareness of the rise of quantum computers. One of the most significant…

9 min read3 days ago

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National Quantum Day: A Bluffers Guide to PQC

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ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

When Fiat and Shamir Changed The World of Cybersecurity and Privacy

With Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), I can prove I have knowledge of my data, without revealing it. This might relate to my password, my face…

3 min read5 days ago

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When Fiat and Shamir Changed The World of Cybersecurity and Privacy

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
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ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

bcrypt or Argon 2?

We were so priviledged to have the mighty Troy Hunt come along to speak to our students, and he talked about companies moving their hash…

4 min read6 days ago

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bcrypt or Argon 2?

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

Traditional trust mechanisms no longer work?

As we become more dependent on the Internet, we can never be 100% sure that everything is correct and as it should be. This might relate to…

10 min read6 days ago

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Traditional trust mechanisms no longer work?

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Creating Trust and Replacing Public Key Encryption: The Needham Schroeder Protocol

What’s one of the most difficult things to do in cybersecurity? Ans: Key management and in the creation of a trust infrastructure. Well…

4 min read6 days ago

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Creating Trust and Replacing Public Key Encryption: The Needham Schroeder Protocol

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.

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