Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

However, it is not necessary to use fancy quantum cryptography technology such as entanglement to avoid the looming quantum ...

Quantum computing is widely expected to disrupt modern cryptography. Many of today’s encryption systems rely on mathematical ...

According to the latest Google research, it could take as few as 1,200 logical qubits for a quantum computer to break ...

ISC2 released a 30-minute primer on the cybersecurity implications of quantum computing. If you want to dig deeper, there are ...

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, and the world is not close ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought ...

Imagine a world where the locks protecting your most sensitive information—your financial records, medical history, or even national security secrets—can be effortlessly picked. This is the looming ...

In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology did something it had been working toward for eight years: ...

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.

​For much of the past decade, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) lived primarily in academic journals and standards committees.

Remember Nokia? Back before smartphones, many of us carried Nokia's nearly indestructible cell phones. They no longer make phones, but don't count Nokia out. Ever since the company was founded in 1865 ...