Security News

Firefox’s major Quantum upgrade now rolling out to everyone
2017-11-14 14:00

It's as much as twice as fast as it was a year ago.

Firefox 57 "Quantum" Released – 2x Faster Web Browser
2017-11-14 09:27

It is time to give Firefox another chance. The Mozilla Foundation today announced the release of its much awaited Firefox 57, aka Quantum web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which claims to...

Quantum Dawn War Games Test Cyber Resiliency in Finance Sector
2017-11-10 14:02

Quantum Dawn IV, a large-scale exercise  to test the cyber resiliency of the U.S. finance sector, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The excercise had more than 900 participants from...

The race to quantum supremacy and its cybersecurity impact
2017-10-26 13:00

Quantum computing uses the power of atoms to perform memory and processing tasks and remains a theoretical concept. However, it is widely believed that its creation is possible. Most experts now...

A step toward practical quantum encryption over free-space networks (Help Net Security)
2017-08-25 13:00

Researchers have sent a quantum-secured message containing more than one bit of information per photon through the air above a city. The demonstration showed that it could one day be practical to...

Chinese Quantum Satellite Sends First ‘Unhackable’ Data to Earth (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 03:28

In what appears to be the world's first quantum satellite transmission, China has successfully sent an "unbreakable" code over a long distance from an orbiting satellite to the Earth, achieving a...

Quantum Computing's Threat to Public-key Cryptosystems (Security Week)
2017-06-19 15:56

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Post-Quantum RSA (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-31 11:31

Interesting research on a version of RSA that is secure against a quantum computer: Post-quantum RSA Daniel J. Bernstein, Nadia Heninger, Paul Lou, and Luke Valenta Abstract: This paper proposes...

First post-quantum cryptography on a contactless security chip (Help Net Security)
2017-05-30 15:10

Due to their computing power, quantum computers have the disruptive potential to break various currently used encryption algorithms. Infineon Technologies has successfully demonstrated the first...

Advantages of quantum processing shown in head-to-head race (Help Net Security)
2017-05-12 13:00

A prototype quantum processor repeatedly beat a traditional, classical processor in a race to solve a puzzle, figuring out a secret combination up to 100 times faster by using exotic physics to...