Teddy Rogers

In this paper we will analyze applications designed to facilitate storing and management of passwords on mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. We will specifically focus our attention on the security of data at rest. We will show that many password keeper apps fail to provide claimed level of protection.

Majority of software vendors position themselves as number one in the industry, even though there are always more then 1 number 1. But what unites them all (well, almost all) in reality, it the fact that they all suffer from piracy, they all are aware of that and the last one - they all do almost nothing to change the situation. It surely impossible to totally defeat software piracy but it is definitely realistic, to make the "pirating" process a pain in the neck for pirates.

In this article, I would like to cover the basics of executable code obfuscation - a relatively simple technique, which is, unfortunately, rarely utilized by software vendors as they mostly rely on out of the box solutions.

It's been an interesting year in the cryptography world, with new attacks on several algorithms, continued problems with hash functions and the recent research on weak RSA keys. With all of that as a backdrop, some of the brightest minds in the field, gathered here for the RSA Conference, said that there are some worrying cracks showing in the cryptosystems that secure electronic communications.

Speaking on the annual cryptographers panel on Tuesday, Whit Diffie, Ron Rivest and Adi Shamir all discussed the many problems that are facing users and implementers of cryptosystems, and said that the issues are real, varied and difficult to address. The research published earlier this month that showed there are a small but significant number of RSA public keys that are either repeated or weak due to bad random number generators highlighted one problem, but there are others, the experts said.