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The researchers developing that attack ran a program calculating cryptographic signatures using the Curve 25519 EdDSA algorithm implemented in libgcrypt on one logical core and their attack program on the other logical core. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Intel CPUs fall to new hyperthreading exploit that pilfers crypto keys," 2 Nov. 2018 The reason the findings were so surprising is that Apple had already revoked the cryptographic certificate the developers used to digitally sign their malware. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Four months after its debut, sneaky Mac malware went undetected by AV providers," 21 Dec. 2018 More secure yet, the 2FA is in the form of a cryptographic token sent by a security key attached to a device logging in. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Password breach teaches Reddit that, yes, phone-based 2FA is that bad," 1 Aug. 2018 For example, foreign governments could hack into the computer systems that governments use to generate and distribute cryptographic credentials to voters. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy," 6 Nov. 2018 Transmission of the exploits is protected by a custom cryptographic system that included a symmetric AES cipher and an asymmetric RSA cipher for transmitting the AES key. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Stymied by browsers, attackers embed Flash 0-day inside MS Office document," 7 June 2018 These chips quickly solve the cryptographic puzzle needed to mine bitcoin. — The Economist, "How a few companies are bitcoining it," 19 May 2018 In all that time, no one has proven themselves to be Nakamoto to the satisfaction of the members of the cryptographic community that helped give birth to bitcoin. — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, "Did Satoshi Nakamoto Write This Book Excerpt? A Wired Investigation," 1 July 2018 But even if the app uses a cryptographic hash or some other means to ensure that stored or transmitted audio fragments can’t be abused by company insiders or hackers (a major hypothetical), there are reasons users should reject this permission. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "This app in Google Play wants to use phone mics to enforce copyrights," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cryptographic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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