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pariax writes "So you wanna build your own massively distributed password cracking infrastructure?

badger.foo passes on the report of Peter N. M.

avxo writes "Bruce Schneier covers a new cryptanalytic related-key attack on AES that is better than brute force with a complexity of 2^119.

Peter N. M. Hansteen writes "In real life, zombies feed off both weak minds and the weak passwords they choose.

nk497 writes "The worm that's supposedly infected almost nine million PCs running Windows, dubbed Cornficker or Downadup, could lead to a massive botnet, security researchers have said.

IEEE Spectrum is running a feature about the progress of game AI, and how it's helping to drive AI development in general.