Satellite communication encryption cracked by scientists

Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications. The Ruhr University Bochum’s (RUB) Horst Görtz Institute for IT security today issued an announcement detailing how researchers there have…

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Scientists hide messages using E. Coli bacteria

Scientists have come up with a novel way to encode biological messages on physical objects using genetically-engineered bacteria that react to light or chemicals to reveal hidden codes. Using a technology enterprisingly dubbed ‘Steganography of Printer Arrays of Microbes’ (SPAM), the team at Tufts University in Massachusetts have published a…

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