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Today’s encrypted data, such as credentials, may no longer remain confidential in the future because the public-key cryptography protecting it will soon be broken by quantum computers. Although no machine today can break elliptic curve cryptography or RSA, quantum hardware is advancing rapidly and will inevitably change how organizations protect their data. Ciphertext and credentials captured by

The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the year 2030 – years before other nations plan to do so – over fears that advances in quantum computing could render it insecure.…

Panelists Discuss Building Safe AI Ecosystems, Post-Quantum Crypto ChallengesThe annual Cryptographer's Panel at RSA Conference gathers leading cybersecurity thinkers to review and debate the big topics of the day. Topics on tap this year included a recent threat to post-quantum cryptography and all things artificial intelligence.

Also: US Regulators Backtrack on Web Tracker Privacy; ISMG's RSA 2024 CoverageIn the latest weekly update, four editors discussed ISMG's plans for in-depth and diverse coverage at the 2024 RSA conference, the latest guidance on web trackers from federal regulators and the latest forecasts on quantum computing - and why security teams should care.

As Ed Gerck Readies Research Paper, Security Experts Say They Want to See ProofA scientist claims to have developed an inexpensive system for using quantum computing to crack RSA, which is the world's most commonly used public key algorithm. If true, this would be a breakthrough that comes years before experts predicted. Now, they're asking for proof.

A paper by two dozen Chinese researchers maintains that near-future quantum computers could crack RSA-2048 encryption, but experts call the claims misleading.

Near-term vulnerability of RSA-2048 keys not so near, says quantum boffin Scott Aaronson Briefly this week, it appeared that quantum computers might finally be ready to break 2048-bit RSA encryption, but that moment has passed.…

Panelists from an RSA Conference keynote agreed that organizations need to begin work on PQC migration, if they haven't already.

NIST may be on the brink of revealing which post-quantum computing encryption algorithms it is endorsing, solidifying commercial developments like QuProtect.

In the next 10 years, public-key encryption needs to be replaced by post-quantum techniques that can stand up to the new challenges.