Widely used encryption algorithms like RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) will be pointless. Depending on who is running the quantum computers, they will turn from superhero to supervillain.

Understanding a known-plaintext attack A known-plaintext attack (KPA) occurs when a hacker uses pairs of both encrypted and unencrypted data to figure out the encryption algorithm or key. In this ...

NIST announced three of the four proposed quantum-resistant encryption algorithms this week: CRYSTALS–Kyber, CRYSTALS–Dilithium, and SPHINCS+. The fourth one, FALCON, might be released next year.

Shanghai University researchers led by Wang Chao claim they used a quantum computer produced by Canada’s D-Wave Systems to breach the algorithms through quantum annealing, which involves ...

These algorithms are incorporated into the three FIPS published by NIST: FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205. Comments on FIPS 203, FIPS 204, or FIPS 205 must be received on or before November 22 ...

RSA and other encryption algorithms have been in use for decades with no known ways for them to be broken. Over the years, that track record has led to confidence that they are safe for use.

The quantum-safe algorithms are the first fully realised “product” to emerge from NIST’s eight-year post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardisation project, and are available for immediate use.