Science News

Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes

With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to ...
Decrypt

Google Sets 2029 Deadline to Deal With Quantum Threat—Is It a Problem for Bitcoin?

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

Google Builds a Quantum Attack on Crypto Encryption, But Won’t Publish It

Google cut the qubits needed to break crypto encryption by 20x and withheld the circuits. Here's why that matters.
Nature

Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem

The elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP) lies at the heart of modern public-key cryptography. It concerns the challenge of determining an unknown scalar multiplier given two points ...
Embedded

An introduction to elliptic curve cryptography

Editor's note: See the original article on PurpleAlientPlanet. Some of my research is focused on the implementation issues of elliptic curve cryptography on embedded systems. Since I often have to ...
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 ...