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Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up
2024-12-17 03:58

The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current...

AI Kuru, cybersecurity and quantum computing
2024-11-25 06:00

As we continue to delegate more infrastructure operations to artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computers are advancing towards Q-day (i.e., the day when quantum computers can break current...

How to fend off a quantum computer attack
2024-10-25 04:00

In this Help Net Security video, IEEE member Marc Lijour explains quantum computing and offers insight into how to fend off a quantum computer attack. The post How to fend off a quantum computer...

No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer
2024-10-22 11:03

The headline is pretty scary: “China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.” No, it’s not true. This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have...

Crypto-apocalypse soon? Chinese researchers find a potential quantum attack on classical encryption
2024-10-14 06:30

With an off-the-shelf D-Wave machine Chinese researchers claim they have found a way to use D-Wave's quantum annealing systems to develop a promising attack on classical encryption.…

The quantum dilemma: Game-changer or game-ender
2024-10-14 05:00

If someone told you five years ago that you could pose questions to an AI agent about the most vexing issues in science and it could answer back swiftly and meaningfully, you would’ve thought they...

Unlocking the power of cryptographic agility in a quantum world
2024-10-11 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Glen Leonhard, Director of Key Management at Cryptomathic, discusses the role of cryptographic agility in mitigating risks posed by quantum computing....

Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
2024-09-17 12:22

Google has announced that it will be switching from KYBER to ML-KEM in its Chrome web browser as part of its ongoing efforts to defend against the risk posed by cryptographically relevant quantum...

Chrome switching to NIST-approved ML-KEM quantum encryption
2024-09-16 16:22

Google announced updates in the post-quantum cryptographic key encapsulation mechanism used in the Chrome browser, specifically, the swap of Kyber used in hybrid key exchanges with Module Lattice...

China’s quantum* crypto tech may be unhackable, but it's hardly a secret
2024-09-16 08:30

* Quite Unlikely A New Technology’s Useful, Man Opinion We have a new call to arms in the 21st century battlefront between the West and China. The Middle Kingdom is building an uncrackable...