Alireza Gharib Blog Security, Linux, and DevOps

January 5, 2025

Hardening the security of your AWS Elastic Beanstalk Application the Well-Architected way

April 7, 2022: This post has been updated with sample Elastic Beanstalk application with hardened security configurations on GitHub. Launching an application in AWS Elastic Beanstalk is straightforward. You define a name for your application, select the platform you want to run it on (for example, Ruby), and upload the source code. The default Elastic Beanstalk configuration…

Cryptography, Encryption, Security

#awselasticbeanstalk, #dataprotection, #highlyavailable, #privatesubnets, #securityblog, #securitygroups, #securitypillar, #well-architected
January 5, 2025

Ennoventure Secures $8.9M in Series A to Scale AI-Powered Brand Protection Technology

Ennoventure Secures $8.9M in Series A to Scale AI-Powered Brand Protection Technology Read All Ennoventure Secures $8.9M in Series A to Scale AI-Powered Brand Protection Technology Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#brand-protection, #counterfeits, #qr-for-product-authentication, #series-a
January 5, 2025

Educational Byte: Cryptography and Its Connection to Cryptocurrencies

Cryptography is the science of securing digital information and communications through complex mathematical techniques. It ensures that data (often digital data) remains confidential, authentic, and unaltered. Public key cryptography plays a vital role in ensuring the security and integrity of transactions for cryptocurrencies. In cryptocurrencies, private keys are used to sign transactions, and public keys…

Cryptography, Security

#asymmetric-cryptography, #cryptocurrency-wallets, #obyte, #private-keys, #public-key-cryptography, #textcoins
January 5, 2025

How Data Encryption Can Simplify Infrastructure Architecture

Learn how platform and security engineering teams can leverage Keyper’s data encryption capabilities to improve security standards, simplify infrastructure architecture, and enhance developer velocity. Read All Learn how platform and security engineering teams can leverage Keyper’s data encryption capabilities to improve security standards, simplify infrastructure architecture, and enhance developer velocity. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#cloud-security, #data-security, #iam-based-oauth, #infosec, #infrastructure-architecture, #security-engineering, #software-architecture
January 5, 2025

Unlocking the Power of Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Sachin Kumar is working on zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and smart contracts. A ZKP can trigger a smart contract without providing identifying information about the trigger. Kumar will co-found P2P Labs Inc. in 2023 to continue advancing this privacy-centric technology. Read All Sachin Kumar is working on zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and smart contracts. A ZKP can…

Cryptography, Security

#blockchain, #digital-security, #sachin-kumar, #smart-contracts, #zero-knowledge-proofs, #zkp
January 5, 2025

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries? — Abstract and Introduction

In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#api-misuse, #crypto-libraries, #crypto-library-usability, #cryptographic-apis, #encryption-issues, #security-vulnerabilities, #stack-overflow-analysis
January 5, 2025

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries? — Threats to Validity

In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#api-misuse, #crypto-libraries, #crypto-library-usability, #cryptographic-apis, #encryption-issues, #security-vulnerabilities, #stack-overflow-analysis
January 5, 2025

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries? — Results and Discussion

In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#api-misuse, #crypto-libraries, #crypto-library-usability, #cryptographic-apis, #encryption-issues, #security-vulnerabilities, #stack-overflow-analysis
January 5, 2025

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries? — Acknowledgments and References

In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#api-misuse, #crypto-libraries, #crypto-library-usability, #cryptographic-apis, #encryption-issues, #security-vulnerabilities, #stack-overflow-analysis
January 5, 2025

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries? — Conclusions

In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All In this paper, researchers look into the types of problems that exist in various crypto libraries. Read All Go to Source

Cryptography, Security

#api-misuse, #crypto-libraries, #crypto-library-usability, #cryptographic-apis, #encryption-issues, #security-vulnerabilities, #stack-overflow-analysis