Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Where Cryptography Is Headed

Reports began surfacing in October that Chinese researchers used a quantum computer to crack military-grade AES 256-bit encryption. Those reports turned out to be wrong, but that did little to dampen ...
Design And Reuse

Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Doesn’t Replace Classical Cryptography

Kimmo Järvinen is a hardware cryptography engineer and researcher with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. He has authored more than 60 scientific publications on cryptography, cryptographic ...
GovInfoSecurity

Why Cybersecurity's Uncertainty Problem Is Getting Worse

Independent cryptography researcher Paul Kocher said cybersecurity is entering a period of deep uncertainty. AI is ...

Quantum computers might crack today's encryption far sooner than we thought

According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as ...
FedScoop

NIST selects backup algorithm for general encryption against quantum cyberattacks

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...