International Association for Cryptologic Research

International Association
for Cryptologic Research

IACR News item: 30 June 2015

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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Malicious cryptography is about using cryptography for cyber attacks. We have already seen applications of malicious cryptography in so-called ransomware. Sophisticated attackers may want to use cryptography to hide an attack, the target of the attack, the source of the attack or to protect attack infrastructure (botnets).

The project goal is not to design sophisticated malware, but to understand the possible threats that we need to defend against.

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