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New Ransomware Uses Quantum-Proof Encryption
24 Apr
Summary
- Ransomware named Kyber uses advanced ML-KEM encryption.
- ML-KEM is a post-quantum cryptography standard.
- This marks the first confirmed ransomware using PQC.
A ransomware strain named Kyber, active since at least September of the previous year, has garnered attention for its use of ML-KEM, a post-quantum cryptography standard. This method is designed to resist attacks from quantum computers, a threat that looms over current encryption systems like RSA and Elliptic Curve.
Security researchers have confirmed that the Windows variant of Kyber employs ML-KEM1024, the most robust form of this quantum-proof standard. This advanced encryption is used to protect the key that scrambles victim data with AES-256, another encryption method resistant to quantum attacks.
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