This Google Tech Talk features researcher Nate Lawson discussing recent vulnerabilities in crypto libraries. Lawson discusses the password-hashing mess created by Web 2.0 sites. Google s Android security update addressed 43 bugs overall affecting Android handsets, including Samsung phones. Lawson: Why public key cryptography is like a Ford Pinto in a demolition derby and why public key encryption is like that in the demolition derby is like Ford Pintinta in the derby. The talk will be broadcast at 9 p.m. ET on Monday on CNN Tech.
Source: https://threatpost.com/nate-lawson-crypto-strikes-back-080709/73000/