I think the target audience is different. For people really interested in crypto there's obiously HAC [1]. For people interested in something that is updated

I think the target audience is different. For people really interested in crypto there's obiously HAC [1]. For people interested in something that is updated each year: LNCS from DIMVA and RAID are quite good for understanding the problems or future problems and their solutions. And of course phrack? [1] http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/ http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/