---
id: 10017
title: "When Cryptographers Want to Lose Weight"
source_domain: eshard.com
source_url: "https://www.eshard.com/blog/lightweight-cryptography-ascon"
published_at: "2023-12-12T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "hardware-security", "cryptography", "humor", "security", "eshard"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/10017"
lang: en
---

# When Cryptographers Want to Lose Weight

## Summary

Is AES finally meeting its match? Explore the rise of ASCON, the winner of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography competition. Learn why this permutation-based cipher is becoming the new standard for high-performance, resource-constrained hardware security.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** eshard.com
- **Published:** 2023-12-12T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.eshard.com/blog/lightweight-cryptography-ascon
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/10017