Kyber
Kyber ransomware gang toys with post-quantum encryption on Windows
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 retrieved and analyzed two distinct Kyber variants in March 2026 during an incident response. Both variants were deployed on the same network, with one targeting VMware ESXi and the other […]
Chrome switching to NIST-approved ML-KEM quantum encryption
Google is updating the post-quantum cryptography used in the Chrome browser to protect against TLS attacks using quantum computers and to mitigate store-now-decrypt-later attacks. The upcoming change will swap Kyber used in hybrid key exchanges to a newer, and slightly modified version, renamed as Module Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM). This change comes roughly five months […]