Nature

Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Pairing Algorithms

Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern public‐key systems, offering high levels of security with relatively small key sizes. Central to many advanced cryptographic ...
Nature

Post-Quantum Cryptography Using Elliptic Curves and Isogenies

Post-quantum cryptography is rapidly evolving to counter threats posed by quantum computing, and elliptic curves combined with isogeny methodologies offer a promising avenue. This approach leverages ...
Business Wire

PsiQuantum publishes paper projecting a 700x reduction in the computational resource requirements for breaking Elliptic Curve Cryptography using a fault tolerant quantum computer

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PsiQuantum announced today in a new publication, a thorough resource count for how large a quantum computer is needed to impact a commonly used cryptosystem – ...
Hosted on MSN

Quantum computing threatens to break Bitcoin’s elliptic curve cryptography

A July 15 report by global consulting firm Capgemini warns that public-key cryptographic systems, including RSA and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), may be rendered obsolete by quantum machines in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Don’t Get Knocked Off the Curve: Fault Injection on Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a core component in securing digital systems, widely used in applications ranging from internet communications to embedded devices. It supports key cryptographic ...
Ars Technica

The Signal Protocol used by 1+ billion people is getting a post-quantum makeover

The Signal Foundation, maker of the Signal Protocol that encrypts messages sent by more than a billion people, has rolled out an update designed to prepare for a very real prospect that’s never far ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in a move aimed at jump-starting what’s likely to be the most ...
Dark Reading

NIST Publishes First Draft Standards for Post-Quantum Cryptography

The first draft standards for quantum-resistant public key cryptography based on algorithms chosen by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) are now available for public comment.
Bleeping Computer

Bounty offered for secret NSA seeds behind NIST elliptic curves algo

A bounty of $12,288 has been announced for the first person to crack the NIST elliptic curves seeds and discover the original phrases that were hashed to generate them. The bounty will be tripled to ...
Quanta Magazine

Elliptic Curves Yield Their Secrets in a New Number System

Many complicated advances in research mathematics are spurred by a desire to understand some of the simplest questions about numbers. How are prime numbers distributed in the integers? Are there ...