cryptography

Apple details how iPhone 18 Pro cryptographically verifies photo authenticity

Apple on Monday published a detailed technical explanation of how its new Reference Image feature works on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, laying out a system designed to cryptographically prove that a photograph was captured by…

Apple launches Reference Image to fight AI fakes

Apple unveiled Apple Reference Image on Wednesday at its annual September event, introducing a camera feature for the iPhone 18 Pro that cryptographically signs sensor data at capture to create a tamper-proof record of every photograph. The technology is designed…

IonQ publishes blueprint for cracking Bitcoin’s encryption with 20,000 qubits

IonQ on Tuesday published what it calls the first fully compiled, end-to-end resource estimate for breaking 256-bit elliptic-curve cryptography using Shor's algorithm on a fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computer. The study concludes that a machine with 19,397 physical qubits could crack…

G7 calls on governments to fast-track quantum-safe encryption

The G7 Cyber Security Working Group and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint statement on September 3 calling on governments and organizations worldwide to begin transitioning to post-quantum cryptography, warning that the threat posed by…

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…