When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

In recent years the Elliptic Curve Cryptography approach has become popular due to its high efficiency and strong security. The purpose of this article is to present this topic in a relatively clearer ...

El Salvador has transferred its 6,274 Bitcoin into 14 new wallet addresses as part of a security measure to protect against the threat of quantum attacks. El Salvador has redistributed its Bitcoin ...

Quantum computing has long been portrayed as a looming threat to cybersecurity. Headlines warn of “Q-Day”—the moment when quantum machines will render today’s encryption useless. But behind the hype ...

As NIST rolls out advanced PQC standards to address the ‘Harvest now, decrypt later’ threat, a new report suggests that a smarter and simpler approach involves switching… ...

Abstract: This paper presents a lightweight hardware accelerator optimized for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), supporting three standardized curves over the prime field GF($2^{255}-19$ ): ...

Quantum computing’s rapid progress poses a significant threat, potentially rendering current encryption methods and nearly all encrypted data vulnerable. This includes sensitive data that has already ...

Update (June 4, 2025, 6:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by crypto lawyer Michael Bacina. Malikie Innovations, a firm that acquired tens of thousands of patents from ...

Elon Musk said X is launching XChat with encryption, vanishing messages, and cross-platform calls without a phone number. The system is built in Rust and uses Bitcoin-style encryption, specifically ...