Quantum computing is no longer a distant research project—it’s steadily moving toward real-world capability. While large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers aren’t ...

Public key encryption has long been a cornerstone in securing digital communications, allowing messages to be encrypted with a recipient’s publicly available key while only being decrypted by the ...

When that break occurs, the mathematics behind the code moves instantly. Organizations, however, do not move so fast.

A key requirement is the use of ML-DSA-87 (Dilithium 5) for firmware and software signing, ensuring that secure boot and ...

Quantum computers may become a security threat as early as next year, and that threat will continue to grow over the next several years.

Nathan Eddy works as an independent filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, specializing in architecture, business technology and healthcare IT. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill ...

What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a ...

In the context of cryptography, a public key is an alphanumeric string that serves as an essential component of asymmetric encryption algorithms. It is typically derived from a private key, which must ...

For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a special rule, known only to you and your intended audience.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a ...