Worth Reading: View of GPU Assisted Brute Force Cryptanalysis of GPRS, GSM, RFID, and TETRA

20 March 2025


Key lengths in symmetric cryptography are determined with respect to the brute force attacks with current technology. While nowadays at least 128-bit keys are recommended, there are many standards and real-world applications that use shorter keys

Worth Reading: How Cloud Edge Infrastructure Improves Round-Trip Time

20 March 2025


Since these cloud data centres are often distant from end-users, cloud providers also establish cloud edge locations (e.g., AWS Local Zones) to reduce distance and latency. These edge locations are geographically dispersed, enabling reduced latency, but are smaller, and provide a limited range of services.

Worth Reading: Cryptocurrency: ‘Digital Gold’ or ‘Monopoly Money’?

19 March 2025


As Jack and his beanstalk can tell you, there are no magic beans. Unfortunately, those who believe cryptocurrency is their ticket to enormous wealth or financial security will soon find out that they, too, have no magic beans. What they may have is Monopoly money.

Worth Reading: The DNS Root Zone

19 March 2025


There is a school of thought that decries any exceptional consideration given to the root zone of the DNS. It’s just another DNS zone, like any other.

Worth Reading: Why OpenAI’s copyright plan will impact you more than you think

18 March 2025


The company argues that the U.S. will fall behind China in the AI race if companies don’t have the freedom to train their models on copyrighted material — claiming that “overly burdensome state laws” will slow the process and affect results.

Worth Reading: Deprioritized Broadband

18 March 2025


There is an interesting trend of ISPs selling broadband products that are not always guaranteed to be at the same speed and quality as other customers.

Worth Reading: Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans

17 March 2025


IP address marketplace IPv4.Global has started offering loans on terms that consider public IPv4 network addresses as valid collateral. The loans build on a product announced last year by network operator Cogent, which issued $206 million worth of notes backed by its IPv4 assets.

Worth Reading: Oracle Has Some Big Advantages To Mainstream AI

17 March 2025


None of that matters. What does matter – and it matters very much, as it turns out – is that an AI model can be trained anywhere, but to be useful, it has to be trained on and have access to your own corporate data.

Worth Reading: Broadband Usage 4Q 2024

13 March 2025


OpenVault recently published its Broadband Insights Report for the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. OpenVault is documenting the continued growth in broadband usage by U.S. households.

Worth Reading: Digital Hostages

13 March 2025


Ransomware has emerged as a critical global cybersecurity threat, with attacks costing organizations $2 million on average and causing $4.54 million in total damages per incident.