NEWS articles

New York Times: In Chasing Movie Pirates, Hollywood Treads Lightly (December 25, 2003)
Paul Kocher comments on the technical and business challenges involved in controlling movie piracy.

San Francisco Chronicle: What's Next For Wells (December 21, 2003)
Benjamin Jun discusses forensic techniques that can be used by investigators and criminals.

Variety: Coming DVD Recorders Will Speed Copying (December 7, 2003)
Paul Kocher talks about how technology improvements are increasing the ability of hackers to pirate DVDs.

Variety: Hollywood Kicked In (Pirate) Booty (December 7, 2003)
Paul Kocher comments that Hollywood studios must take action to control piracy in the movie industry.

SC Magazine: Looking In All The Wrong Places (November 2003)
Benjamin Jun writes that security vendors should devote more resources towards building high-assurance systems.

San Francisco Chronicle: Sensitive Data Can Get In The Wrong Hands (November 30, 2003)
Benjamin Jun talks about security risks in widely used "password" protection schemes for data.

San Francisco Chronicle: Net Surfing Tips Cops To Stolen Computer, Customer Records (November 27, 2003)
Benjamin Jun comments about the electronic trail left when using a stolen computer to log onto the Internet.

KLAV AM - 1230 radio: Computer Outlook (November 18, 2003)
Paul Kocher is interviewed about his presentation entitled, "Where Hardware Security Meets Software Security" at COMDEX 2003 Conference.

TechTv: Verify Yourself (October 24, 2003)
Benjamin Jun speaks about technologies behind ID card systems.

Electronic Design News: The War On Copying (pdf - page 42) (October 16, 2003)
An overview of next-generation content security describes forensic marking via executable content code, a technology developed by Cryptography Research.

Hardware Zone: VIA Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor (October 15, 2003)
Benjamin Jun speaks about the VIA Technologies microprocessor-based AES accelerator core.

KCRW public radio: Politics Of Culture (October 14, 2003)
Paul Kocher speaks about technical issues relating to piracy, Academy screeners,
and prerecorded optical media formats. (Audio download from KCRW)

Hollywood Reporter: Specialty Film Heads Meet To Respond To MPAA (October 2, 2003)
Paul Kocher speaks about forensic marking and methods for tracing piracy from Academy screeners.

Details Magazine: The Details Power List (October 2003)
Paul Kocher included in Details Magazine's annual list of powerful people under the age of 38.

Los Angeles Times: Legal Effort May Slow But Not Stop Music Revolution (September 9, 2003)
Paul Kocher discusses the limits of anonymous file sharing.

San Francisco Chronicle: Many More Worms Will Wriggle Into Our Future (September 4, 2003)
Nate Lawson comments about current approaches to securing PCs against worms and viruses.

Hardware Zone: New VIA Eden ESP7000 Processor Raises The Performance Bar For Fanless Entertainment And Communication Platforms (August 20, 2003)
Cryptography Research evaluates the VIA Technologies Random Number Generator.

Variety: Inside Move - Kocher Forsees Napsterized H'w'd (July 20, 2003)
Paul Kocher explains how technology advances will affect piracy and discusses how technical responses such as forensic marking and content-embedded security code can be used to let studios manage the growing risk.

Wall Street Journal: Voltage Unveils Encryption Program (July 7, 2003)
Paul Kocher comments on Voltage Security and identity based encryption.

Mercury News: New Law Requires Customer Notification Of Data Theft (July 1, 2003)
Paul Kocher comments on the implications of new California regulations (California Civil Code 1798.82) requiring businesses to notify customers of information breeches.

BusinessWeek: Putting A Trace On Copyrighted Booty (May 29, 2003)
Cryptography Research technology would allow investigators to track pirated material while respecting the privacy of the innocent.

Publishers Weekly: Firm Offers New Way To Secure Digital Content (April 28, 2003)
Cryptography Research's Self-Protecting Digital Content paper discusses methods of embedding programmable code in content that is capable of making dynamic security decisions.

SearchSecurity.com: Experts: Encryption Not A Security Cure-all (April 28, 2003)
Benjamin Jun speaks about cryptographic keylengths and warns that encryption alone is not the solution.

eWeek: Cryptography Guru Paul Kocher Speaks Out (April 25, 2003)
Paul Kocher and Benjamin Jun are interviewed at the RSA Conference.

Sunday Morning Herald, Australia: Paper Calls For Rethink On Digital Defence (April 22, 2003)
Cryptography Research technical study reveals a technically achievable middle ground between Hollywood and Silicon Valley approaches to content protection.

eWeek: Securing Digital Content (April 21, 2003)
Findings from the Content Security Research Initiative are compared with other industry efforts in content protection.

Investors Business Daily: Code Whiz Kocher Goes To The Movies (April 16, 2003)
Paul Kocher talks about film piracy, the technical challenge of enlarging a movie's release window, and Cryptography Research. (Document link with permission.)

International Herald Tribune: Anti-Piracy Plan Sets Locks On Data (April 16, 2003)
Results from the Cryptography Research paper Self Protecting Digital Content are described.

2003 RSA Conference: Cryptography Research And RSA Security Co-sponsor Cryptographer's Gala
(April 16, 2003)
Cryptography Research and RSA Security co-sponsor the Cryptographer's Gala at San Francisco City Hall.

ZDNet: Why It's Cool To Make Codes (April 16, 2003)
Paul Kocher, member of the Cryptographer's Panel at the 2003 RSA Conference, talks about quantum computing, how to learn cryptography, and SSL 3.0.

New York Times: Plan Would Use Software, Not Devices, To Fight Piracy (April 15, 2003)
Cryptography Research technical study reveals a technically achievable middle ground between Hollywood and Silicon Valley approaches to content protection. (Text also available here.)

Straits Times, Singapore: Here's An Easier And Cheaper Way To Fight Digital Pirates (April 15, 2003)
Results from the Cryptography Research paper Self Protecting Digital Content are described.

DRM Watch: Analysis Of CRI's Self Protecting Digital Content (April 14, 2003)
Independent commentary about results from the Cryptography Research Content Security Research Initiative.

vnunet: Radical Security Development Rethink Urged (April 14, 2003)
Benjamin Jun warns that traditional technology management methods are not capable of dealing with development of mission-critical security projects.

Developer.com: Zen And The Art Of Breaking Security (April 12, 2003)
Summary article references Cryptography Research work on timing attacks and Differential Power Analysis.

Slashdot: Featured Interview Of Paul Kocher (March 27, 2003)
Paul Kocher answers interview questions ranging from the world's worst security to approaches for dealing with difficult security real-world problems.

The Nilson Report: Cryptography Workstation (February, 2003)
The Cryptography Research Differential Power Analysis (DPA) smart card testing workstation is profiled in a financial industry publication.

EE Times Asia: VIA x86 Processor Has Embedded Security Functions (January 24, 2003)
Cryptography Research evaluates the VIA Technologies Random Number Generator.

CES 2003: Paul Kocher Speaks On Piracy Panel At Digital Hollywood (January 9, 2003)
Paul Kocher speaks about real-world challenges behind digital content distribution at the Digital Hollywood Pavilion of the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show.