Not very practical yet, but could serve as the basis for future improvements.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In our increasingly digital lives, security depends on cryptography. Send a private message or pay a bill online, and you’re relying on ...

Q-day is shorthand for the point when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer can break widely used public-key ...

A UC San Diego-led team forged RSA signatures without extracting its key. But Bitcoin and Ethereum sign with a different ...

Researchers said it was the first time a quantum computer “posed a real and substantial threat” to encryption, but multiple limitations still hamper a full-scale hack. Chinese researchers using a ...

There is no doubt that quantum computers will play a significant role in helping the world solve complex challenges not possible on current classical computers. However, quantum computers also pose a ...

Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics. In our increasingly digital lives, ...

We know the end of the line is in sight for classical cryptography. All the security encryption that protects our bank accounts, websites, and credit cards today will eventually be broken. That's not ...

At the 2026 Linux Security Summit North America, Eric Biggers spoke about some of the problems with the kernel's cryptography framework, as well as the recent progress in adding library APIs to allow ...

For months, Crypto Twitter felt like it was talking to an empty room. On July 13, that started to change. X's head of product, Nikita Bier, announced a change to the platform's algorithm designed to ...