GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...
Nature

Algebraic Structures in Cryptographic Function Design

Modern cryptographic systems rely on the interplay of algebraic structures and discrete mathematics to achieve confidentiality, integrity and authentication. At their core, cryptographic functions ...
GitHub

Pearson non-cryptographic hash function

From the paper Fast Hashing of Variable-Length Text Strings (archived) by Peter K. Pearson with additional edits by jeblad (Dec 13, 2025). The core of the Pearson hash algorithm is fast execution on ...
GitHub

hash-function

A lightweight cryptographic hash function inspired by ChaCha20, designed for speed, simplicity, and efficiency in resource-constrained environments. Ideal for embedded systems, research, and ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Peering Through The Wall, Apple’s GoFetch, And SHA-256

The Linux command wall is a hold-over from the way Unix machines used to be used. It’s an abbreviation of Write to ALL, and it was first included in AT&T Unix, way back in 1975. wall is a tool that a ...
IEEE

Design and Analysis of New Version of Cryptographic Hash Function Based on Improved Chaotic Maps With Induced DNA Sequences

Abstract: One of the first and most used hashing algorithms in blockchains is SHA-256 so the main aim of this paper is how to increase the security level of the blockchain based on the increasing ...
IEEE

Two New Lightweight Cryptographic Hash Functions Based on Saturnin and Beetle for the Internet of Things

Abstract: With the enormous growth in Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the volume of data shared among IoT devices is vastly increasing. Extensive IoT device connectivity and substantial data ...