Energy Secretary Chris Wright (R), accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (L), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump ...

The clock is ticking on Q-Day, the looming yet unknown date when quantum computing will have the capacity to quickly and easily break the encryption keys that keep most internet communication safe.

Every few months, a headline claims quantum computers are about to cure cancer or usher in a new era of artificial intelligence, but things aren’t that simple ...

A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant implementing Kyber1024 post-quantum encryption. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 ...

The dreaded Q-day could arrive sooner than expected, and when it does, experts say we need to be ready. Reading time 8 minutes In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed a quantum algorithm ...

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The takeaway: Experts have long warned about the threat that conventional cryptography faces from quantum computers, potentially undermining the foundational security of all digital encryption. New ...

Microsoft has released new detection and mitigation guidance following a sophisticated supply chain attack targeting Aqua Security’s popular vulnerability scanner, Trivy. The incident, tracked as ...

Google bucked forecasting trends on the "quantum apocalypse" by setting 2029 as the deadline for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration. Heather Adkins, VP of security engineering at Google, wrote ...

Quantum computing encryption is reshaping how we think about digital security in a world built on encrypted communication. Today's systems rely on mathematical complexity, but emerging quantum ...

Most organizations assume encrypted data is safe. But many attackers are already preparing for a future where today’s encryption can be broken. Instead of trying to decrypt information now, they are ...