Ars Technica

Reverse-engineering a PRNG seed

I'm wondering how easy it would be to reverse engineer the seed of a PRNG.<BR><BR>I have the following information:<BR>- PRNG algorithm<BR>- "Challenge" number - used in part, but not alone, to seed ...
United States Army

Hackathon V – A cyber and computer challenge event for young people

Soldiers and Civilians from Fort George G. Meade hosted the first of three Hackathon events to encourage teen interest in ...
Ars Technica

[C#] Serial port programming -- low-level reverse engineering challenge.

I have a bunch of Kenwood TK-2100 VHF radios that are re-programmable via the serial port. I have a DOS-based application that works with the radios, but is only reliable with computers with two (2) ...
Homeland Security Today

Georgia Institute of Technology Wins the 2021 NSA Codebreaker Challenge

The National Security Agency announced Georgia Institute of Technology, University of North Georgia and Oregon State University as the first, second and third place winners of the 2021 NSA Codebreaker ...