Quantum computers can't crack regular VPN encryption just yet, but what happens when that changes?

Every message, financial transaction, medical record, or government document encrypted today could remain stored ...

Mathematics has always been at the core of securing information. From online banking to government communications, modern ...

A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...

The announcement follows a six-year effort to devise and then vet encryption methods to significantly increase the security of digital information, the agency said. The Department of Commerce’s ...

It’s proven that today’s encryption is vulnerable to attack by a sufficiently mature quantum computer running Shor’s ...

In 1994, a Bell Labs mathematician named Peter Shor cooked up an algorithm with frightening potential. By vastly reducing the computing resources required to factor large numbers—to break them down ...

Post-quantum cryptography comes to Windows TLS with Microsoft's July 14 Patch Tuesday update, which ships three ML-KEM hybrid ...

Update: On 18 April, Yilei Chen announced an issue with his algorithm which he does not know how to fix. This means the algorithm does not undermine the mathematics behind post-quantum cryptography.

Krishi specializes in making complex tech topics, like VPNs, cybersecurity, and online privacy, clear and accessible. With 5+ years of writing experience, his work appears in outlets such as TechRadar ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...