cryptography

Lazarus Group used Windows zero-day and quantum encryption to hit defense firms

North Korea's Lazarus Group exploited a previously unknown Windows vulnerability to seize control of computers at defense, aerospace, and aviation companies across multiple countries, wrapping the attack in quantum-resistant encryption to conceal the exploit during delivery, researchers disclosed this week.

IBM claims quantum advantage as Bitcoin security fears mount

IBM International Business Machines Corporation and Algorithmiq announced on Wednesday that they had demonstrated quantum advantage — showing a quantum computer could solve a specific simulation task more efficiently than leading classical methods — a milestone the company had been…

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos finds flaws in two major cryptographic algorithms

Anthropic announced on Monday that its Claude Mythos Preview model autonomously discovered mathematical weaknesses in two cryptographic algorithms — a post-quantum digital signature scheme called HAWK and a reduced-round version of the Advanced Encryption Standard — in a development that…

ISO adopts quantum-resistant encryption standard amid growing cyber threats

The International Organization for Standardization has formally adopted the Classic McEliece algorithm into its standard for asymmetric ciphers (ISO/IEC 18033-2), giving organizations across 177 member states a recognized framework for deploying quantum-resistant encryption. The standardization, announced this week by London-based…

Quantum startup Oratomic emerges with $300M to build fault-tolerant computer

Oratomic, a Pasadena-based neutral-atom quantum computing startup, has emerged from stealth with $300 million in Series A funding and a bold claim: a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer could be operational by the end of the decade.

ISO adopts quantum-resistant encryption standard

The International Organization for Standardization has formally adopted Classic McEliece, a quantum-resistant encryption standard co-designed by an international team that includes Dr Varun Maram from the University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science. The adoption, announced this month, marks the…