Security of a New Cryptographic Hash Function - Titanium

This paper introduces the security analysis of Titanium hash function that uses SF block cipher and follows sponge construction. A brief description of the sponge function and the design choice of Titanium are introduced. Basic security criteria of random function have been presented and studied on Titanium and then, differential cryptanalysis on Titanium has been performed and showed the resistance of it on the most recent differential attacks. A table of security discussions finalizes the paper and describes the complexity of Titanium on brute force cryptanalysis.