New Risks to Post-Quantum Kyber KEM: What are Timing Attacks and how do they threaten Encryption?

Quantum-resistant cryptography, Kyber Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM), is a promising candidate that can provide strong Quantum protection against quantum attacks Using a lattice-based approach, Kyber KEM offers strong security in terms of quantum adversaries while maintaining improved performance in practical applications.

It offers promise, but amid optimism about Kyber KEM’s resilience to quantum threats, another concern has emerged: time attack. Post-quantum cryptography aims to seamlessly integrate with current networks and networks to create cryptographic systems that are secure against quantum-classical computers.?

Timing attacks, a class of side-channel attacks, test how long the computer takes to process information. Even something as simple as that could reveal clues to the secret key used by Kyber KEM, a new system designed to keep our data safe from powerful quantum computers, ensuring the future security of Kyber KEM (or similar quantum cryptography) involves continuously reducing the time required for potential attacks to comprehend it.

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