The operating assumption must be that AI agents will eventually be granted deep access to our most sensitive systems.

Independent cryptography researcher Paul Kocher said cybersecurity is entering a period of deep uncertainty. AI is ...

Google just issued a 2029 deadline to encrypt its systems against quantum computers. Bitcoin may not have the same luxury of ...

The clock is ticking on cryptocurrency.

Two papers published this week have reignited debates about the risk posed by “Q-day” to the cryptography that underpins ...

Most business leaders don’t think about cryptography—and that has always been the point. For decades, encryption quietly protected data in the background, rarely demanding attention once systems were ...

Kimmo Järvinen is a hardware cryptography engineer and researcher with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. He has authored more than 60 scientific publications on cryptography, cryptographic ...

A new, hidden vulnerability in the gnuTLS software threatens open-source security in a fundamental way -- even more than Apple's GoTo Fail bug of last week. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Cryptographic key exchange protocols are fundamental to secure digital communications, enabling two or more parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel. This field combines advanced ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Say you want to send a private message, cast a secret vote, or sign a document securely. If you do any of these tasks on a computer, you ...

Quantum-software firm BlueQubit has launched its Quantum Advantage Challenge, offering a 0.25 BTC wallet prize to the winner. The overall goal of the competition is to prove that a ‘Quantum Advantage’ ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard have won the 2026 Turing Award for inventing quantum cryptography. I am incredibly pleased to see them get this recognition. I have always thought the technology to ...