All articles tagged with #post quantum cryptography
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Bank for International Settlements
The BIS paper emphasizes the urgent need for the financial system to prepare for quantum computing's potential to break current encryption, advocating for early adoption of quantum-safe cryptographic measures, coordinated planning, and exploring long-term solutions like quantum key distribution to ensure security and resilience.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Macworld
Apple's upcoming iOS 17.4 update will introduce a new state-of-the-art security upgrade for iMessage, featuring post-quantum cryptography Level 3 (PQ3) to enhance security properties. This protocol will safeguard against sophisticated attacks and protect against known and unknown future threats, including high-level zero-click government attacks. The new security system will be deployed with the public releases of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4, and is already available in developer and public beta releases.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Hacker News
Apple has introduced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 to enhance the security of iMessage against potential quantum computing threats, aiming to achieve Level 3 security. The protocol combines Kyber and ECC, and is designed to protect against highly sophisticated quantum attacks and mitigate the impact of key compromises. Support for PQ3 will roll out with the next iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS updates, while Apple also plans to bring Rich Communication Services (RCS) to its Messages app with improved security and encryption.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by MacRumors
Apple has announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage called PQ3, which provides extensive defenses against quantum attacks and surpasses the security of other widely deployed messaging apps. The PQ3 protocol will roll out for supported iMessage conversations starting with certain software updates in March and will fully replace iMessage's existing cryptography protocol later this year. The new protocol is designed to protect users against potential future quantum attacks and will require all devices in an iMessage conversation to be updated to specific software versions or later to be eligible.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Ars Technica
Google has announced the release of the first implementation of quantum-resistant encryption for FIDO2 security keys, which provide secure logins to websites without passwords. The implementation combines the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) with a post-quantum algorithm called Dilithium. This hybrid approach aims to protect against future quantum attacks while also relying on the battle-tested ECDSA algorithm. The implementation is small enough to run on security keys' constrained hardware and offers improved signature speed. Google hopes to see this implementation standardized and supported by major web browsers to protect users' credentials against quantum attacks.