Inside the Top-Secret Project that Led to One of the World’s Greatest Counterespionage Feats

In early February of 1943, Gene Grabeel walks toward a corner of a large, crowded room inside Arlington Hall near Washington, D.C. Around her, clutches of people huddle over tables and quietly rifle ...
IEEE

Hardware Aware Polyalphabetic Cipher Design Using Spin-Orbit Torque Controlled Spintronic Devices

Abstract: This brief presents a hardware-aware polyalphabetic cipher leveraging spin-orbit torque (SOT)-based spintronic devices. Utilizing the randomness and non-linear magnetization dynamics of ...
The Hacker News

Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server

SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, ...
IEEE

Securing Symmetric Encryption Based on Substitution-Permutation Network Against White-Box Attacks

Abstract: Extensive research has been done on the security of symmetric encryption algorithms in the black-box attack contexts, where the execution platforms are supposed to be secure. Recent studies ...
cryptopolitan

Michael Saylor introduces Bitcoin security program amid quantum computing risks

Strategy is planning to launch a Bitcoin security program to address potential quantum-computing threats to the network. The BTC treasury firm aims to coordinate with the global cyber, crypto, and BTC ...