While some Big Tech players accelerate PQC readiness, others stay the course

The moves were largely prompted by two pieces of research showing that CRQC (cryptographically relevant quantum ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
Microsoft

Building your cryptographic inventory: A customer strategy for cryptographic posture management

Learn how to build a comprehensive cryptographic inventory and strengthen quantum‑safe readiness using Microsoft Security ...
Decrypt

There’s a Way to Make Bitcoin Safe From Quantum Without a Fork, Researchers Say

Research suggests Bitcoin users could defend against future quantum attacks using a transaction design that works within ...
IEEE

Secure Optimized Hardware IP Design using Key-driven Hash Slicing based HLS Watermarking Integrated with Krill-Herd DSE

Abstract: The problems of intellectual property (IP) piracy and false IP ownership have emerged as a significant concern for the hardware security community. This paper presents a novel low-cost high ...
IEEE

Pipelined Implementation of Secure Hash Algorithm on FPGA for Enhanced Performance

Abstract: This paper presents the implementation and opti-mization of the SHA-256 algorithm on an FPGA platform, specif-ically on the Xilinx Artix-4 DDR board. The main objective is to enhance the ...
Ars Technica

Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought

Google is dramatically shortening its readiness deadline for the arrival of Q Day, the point at which existing quantum computers can break public-key cryptography algorithms that secure decades’ worth ...