A lot has been made about a post-quantum computer future in which traditional encryption methods have suddenly been rendered obsolete. With this terrifying idea in mind, it’s reassuring to see some ...
Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of Windows computers around the world. The malware—reportedly ...
Quantum computers pose a genuine long-term risk to bitcoin, but current fears often conflate wallet vulnerabilities with largely impractical threats to mining. New research finds that a quantum 51% ...
Imagine a classified government file, encrypted today with RSA-2048, containing diplomatic communications that will remain sensitive for the next 20 years. A sophisticated nation-state actor ...
HS256 HMAC using SHA-256 oct (size: 32 bytes or more) HS384 HMAC using SHA-384 oct (size: 48 bytes or more) HS512 HMAC using SHA-512 oct (size: 64 bytes or more) RS256 RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-256 ...
“Store Now, Decrypt Later," or SNDL, attacks are a unique brand of attack that you need to keep top-of-mind in the coming years. Our new publication, A Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Quantum ...
Adam Back's assertion that Bitcoin is safe from quantum computing for decades stems from the reality that current quantum machines are far from capable of breaking its SHA-256 encryption. Bitcoin is ...