Tech Times

Can 10,000 Qubits Break the Internet? Inside the P‑256 Quantum Attack That Has Cryptographers Worried

Quantum computing advances raise concerns over 10,000 qubits breaking P‑256 encryption using Shor’s algorithm, driving ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin Traders Are Discussing BTC’s Record High, but Quantum Computing Is Threatening the Math Behind It

A new report by Capgemini warns that quantum computing may break the widely used public-key cryptographic systems within the next decade — threatening everything from online banking to blockchain ...
Linux Journal

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

When it comes to public key cryptography, most systems today are still stuck in the 1970s. On December 14, 1977, two events occurred that would change the world: Paramount Pictures released Saturday ...
Network World

ECC and the CA Security Council, Making SSL and the Web safe today and tomorrow

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology has been and is still at the heart of secure web communication for just about as long as there has been a commercial internet. Based on algorithms developed by RSA ...
Design-Reuse

Certicom Licenses Elliptic Curve Cryptography to IdentiPHI for Advanced Enterprise Security and Suite B Compliance

IdentiPHI to Incorporate Certicom’s ECC Security into New Biometric and Smart Card Authentication Products for Businesses and Government Agencies MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Nov. 29, 2007 – Certicom ...
Threat Post

Crypto Gains Ramp Up Calls to Get Ahead of Inevitable RSA Algorithm Downfall

Researchers at Black Hat USA 2013 made a call for usage of elliptic curve cryptography in favor of the RSA algorithm, which the experts said could be cracked in the next five years. LAS VEGAS – ...