Interesting Engineering

Quantum hacking: The race to quantum-proof encryption is moving into chips

Cybersecurity experts believe that future quantum computers may eventually become powerful enough to break some of the ...
Microsoft

Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and ...
New Scientist

Peter Shor’s algorithm could break the internet – but he's not worried

Few people have invented an algorithm with the potential to spark a worldwide crisis, so why is quantum computing pioneer ...
techtimes

Lean Ethereum: Buterin Targets Quantum Risk With 7-Fork Protocol Overhaul

On July 4, 2026, Vitalik Buterin published the most consequential Ethereum protocol document in four years: an updated "Lean Ethereum" strawmap that commits the world's second-largest blockchain to ...

Quantum-secure NFC and eSIM chip for smartphones and smartwatches

In the tiny ST54M, STMicroelectronics combines two ARM cores with a hardware accelerator for the PQC algorithms ML-KEM (FIPS-203) and ML-DSA (FIPS-204).

Synergy Quantum Unveils Quantum-Safe Silicon IP Cores for RISC-V-Based SoCs

Post-quantum cryptographic and hardware-security IP enables chipmakers to integrate quantum-safe key establishment, digital signatures, secure boot and device trust directly into RISC-V-based silicon ...
IEEE

Keyed Hash Function Using Hyper Chaotic System With Time-Varying Parameters Perturbation

Abstract: Secure hash function plays an important role in cryptography. This paper constructs a hash algorithm using the hyperchaotic Lorenz system, which serves as a sponge function to absorb input ...
IEEE

Efficient and Concurrent Reliable Realization of the Secure Cryptographic SHA-3 Algorithm

Abstract: The secure hash algorithm (SHA)-3 has been selected in 2012 and will be used to provide security to any application which requires hashing, pseudo-random number generation, and integrity ...
Investopedia

Mastering Cryptographic Hash Functions for Data Security

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Amilcar has 10 years of FinTech, blockchain, ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical flaw in wolfSSL library enables forged certificate use

A critical vulnerability in the wolfSSL SSL/TLS library can weaken security via improper verification of the hash algorithm or its size when checking Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) ...
Investopedia

Understanding Hash Functions: Cryptocurrency Security & Blockchain Use

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Amilcar has 10 years of FinTech, blockchain, ...
Ars Technica

Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought

Google is dramatically shortening its readiness deadline for the arrival of Q Day, the point at which existing quantum computers can break public-key cryptography algorithms that secure decades’ worth ...