How to avoid the aCropalypseThe aCropalypse is upon us! Last week, news about CVE-2023-21036, nicknamed the “aCropalypse,” spread across Twitter and other media, and I quickly realized that the underlying flaw could be detected by our tool, PolyTracker. I’ll explain how PolyTracker can detect files affected by the vulnerability even without specific file format knowledge.
Part 2: Improving crypto code in Rust using LLVM’s optnoneLet’s implement crypto! Welcome to the second part of our posts on the challenges of implementing constant-time Rust code. Part 1 discussed challenges with constant-time implementations in Rust and WebAssembly and how optimization barriers can mitigate risk. The Rust crypto community has responded with several approaches, and in this post, we will […]
