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    Professor Bill Buchanan, OBE, FRSE

    • shizuka
    Today, we would like to shout out to wolfSSL’s newest friend, Professor Bill Buchanan, OBE, FRSE. Professor Bill Buchanan stands as one of Scotland’s most distinguished cybersecurity educators, holding the prestigious title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to cybersecurity. As a Professor...
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    Broken SSL/TLS Versions: Attacks, Weaknesses, and Mitigations

    • shizuka
    At wolfSSL, we prioritize strong, modern cryptographic practices—especially for embedded systems where performance, code size, and reliability are critical. While TLS continues to be the standard for securing communications, many early protocol versions have been broken or deprecated due to serious security flaws. Understanding the history of these attacks and...
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    wolfSSL Advances FIPS Leadership with New Certificate #5041 and Evergreen FIPS 140 Strategy

    • shizuka
    EDMONDS, Wash., Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ – wolfSSL Inc., a globally renowned leader in cryptography and network security solutions, announces the latest milestone in its FIPS strategy with the issuance of FIPS 140-3 Validated Certificate #5041 for the wolfCrypt cryptographic module. This marks yet another step forward in wolfSSL’s long-term...
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    LMS Versus XMSS Versus SLH-DSA

    • shizuka
    Here at wolfSSL, we don’t just love coding! We love telling the world about what we code. To that end, we want you to understand the differences between LMS, XMSS, and SLH-DSA. Here are their official standard specifications:
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    Empowering Space Missions with NASA-STD-1006A Compliance

    • shizuka
    Space missions require strong security to guard against cyber threats. The wolfCrypt cryptography library meets all encryption requirements in NASA’s Space System Protection Standard (NASA-STD-1006A), providing lightweight cryptography suited for resource-constrained secure command communications. Understanding NASA-STD-1006A NASA-STD-1006A, titled “Space System Protection Requirements,” establishes agency-level guidelines to make NASA missions resilient...
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    Live Webinar: Post-Quantum TLS 1.3 Over UART

    • shizuka
    Learn how to build an app for the STM32-U5 using TLS 1.3 over UART with a hybrid key exchange combining ECC and post-quantum ML-KEM! The STM32U5 series features advanced power-saving, high-performance microcontrollers based on the Arm® Cortex®-M33, designed for demanding applications that require both performance and low power consumption. It...
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    wolfCrypt Examples for Renesas RH850

    • shizuka
    The RH850 Family of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) is an automotive microcontroller equipped with an integrated Hardware Security Module (HSM). It ensures fast and secure key management, cryptographic processing, and authentication at the hardware level. Designed for next-generation ECUs, it combines functional safety with advanced security. wolfSSL has now provided...
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    MD5 Disabled by Default in wolfSSL: What You Need to Know

    • shizuka
    As part of our ongoing effort to deliver secure-by-default cryptography, wolfSSL has disabled the MD5 hash algorithm by default in the latest release. Don’t worry, it isn’t going away completely, but just disabled at compile time, by default. Why Disable MD5? MD5 has been considered cryptographically broken for many years...
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