Quantum Computing

3 automated security scanners

Quantum Random Number Generators

Purpose: The Quantum Random Number Generator Implementation Flaws Scanner is designed to identify vulnerabilities and implementation flaws in quantum random number generators (QRNG) by analyzing the security configurations, protocols, and DNS records of a given domain. This tool ensures that QRNG implementations are robust against potential attacks and comply with best practices.

What It Detects:

Security Headers Analysis: The scanner checks for the presence and correctness of essential security headers such as Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
TLS/SSL Configuration Issues: It identifies outdated or insecure TLS versions (e.g., TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1) and detects weak cipher suites like RC4, DES, and MD5.
DNS Record Validation: The scanner validates SPF records for proper configuration to prevent spoofing, checks DMARC records for effective email authentication policies, and ensures DKIM records are correctly set up for message integrity verification.
Port Scanning and Service Fingerprinting: It scans common ports to identify open services that could be exploited and performs service fingerprinting to determine the software versions running on identified ports.
API Security Evaluation: The scanner analyzes APIs for security headers, authentication mechanisms, and potential vulnerabilities.

Inputs Required:

domain (string): Primary domain to analyze (e.g., acme.com)

Business Impact: Ensuring the robustness of quantum random number generators is crucial for maintaining secure cryptographic protocols and protecting sensitive information. This scanner helps organizations identify and mitigate potential security flaws in their QRNG implementations, thereby enhancing overall security posture.

Risk Levels:

Critical: Conditions that lead to complete system compromise or significant data loss, such as the discovery of outdated TLS versions or missing critical security headers.
High: Conditions that pose a high risk but do not necessarily lead to severe consequences, such as presence of weak cipher suites in TLS configurations.
Medium: Conditions that may indicate suboptimal security practices but are less likely to be exploited for malicious intent, such as minor deviations from recommended DNS record settings.
Low: Informative findings that provide insights into potential improvements but do not pose immediate risks, such as presence of unnecessary or deprecated headers in API responses.
Info: General recommendations and validations that contribute to a better understanding of the system’s configuration without directly affecting security posture.

Example Findings:

The domain lacks Strict-Transport-Security header, which could lead to potential man-in-the-middle attacks.
TLSv1.0 is enabled on the server, which is considered insecure for modern cryptographic standards.

Quantum safe Key Exchange

Purpose: The Quantum-Safe Key Exchange Scanner is designed to evaluate and enhance the quantum-resistant capabilities of key exchange mechanisms in protocols used by a domain. This tool assesses the implementation of quantum-safe cryptographic algorithms, checks for outdated and insecure protocol versions, validates DNS records for security best practices, inspects HTTP security headers for essential security directives, and examines TLS/SSL certificates for validity and configuration.

What It Detects:

Quantum-Resistant KEM Implementation: Identifies the presence of quantum-safe key encapsulation mechanisms such as Kyber, NTRUEncrypt, or Dilithium in domain configurations.
Protocol Security Analysis: Checks for outdated or insecure protocols like TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1, ensuring strong cipher suites are used to avoid weak ciphers like RC4, DES, and MD5.
DNS Record Validation: Verifies the presence of SPF, DMARC, CAA, and TXT records to prevent email spoofing and ensure secure DNS practices.
HTTP Security Headers: Analyzes HTTP response headers for directives such as Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
TLS/SSL Certificate Inspection: Ensures SSL/TLS certificates are valid, not expired, properly configured with strong certificate authorities (CAs), and have valid chains.

Inputs Required:

domain (string): The primary domain to analyze, e.g., acme.com.

Business Impact: This scanner is crucial for organizations aiming to protect their digital assets against potential quantum computing threats in the future. By ensuring that protocols and cryptographic algorithms are updated to be quantum-safe, organizations can safeguard sensitive information from vulnerabilities that could arise with the advent of quantum computers.

Risk Levels:

Critical: Conditions where outdated or insecure protocol versions (TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1) are detected, weak ciphers like RC4, DES, and MD5 are in use, or DNS records do not adhere to security best practices (e.g., missing SPF, DMARC).
High: Conditions where the absence of quantum-safe KEMs is identified, improper SSL/TLS certificate configurations exist, or critical HTTP headers are absent or misconfigured.
Medium: Conditions where protocols are outdated but still secure, minor issues with DNS records or TLS settings that do not significantly impact security.
Low: Informational findings related to the presence of strong cipher suites and minimal protocol vulnerabilities.
Info: General compliance checks for certificate validity and proper use of modern cryptographic algorithms.

Example Findings:

The domain is using an outdated TLS version (TLSv1.0) which is not quantum-safe, posing a critical risk to its security posture.
Weak ciphers like RC4 are detected in the SSL configuration, indicating a high vulnerability that needs immediate attention for enhanced security.

Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness

Purpose: The Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness Scanner is designed to identify vulnerabilities and obsolescence in cryptographic implementations that may be susceptible to quantum attacks. It aims to help organizations prepare for the post-quantum era by detecting outdated protocols, insecure cipher suites, and other potential security risks.

What This Scanner Detects:

Quantum Algorithm Vulnerabilities: Identifies the use of classical cryptographic algorithms with small keys or susceptibility to quantum attacks such as RSA and ECC.
Crypto Obsolescence: Detects deprecated cryptographic protocols and ciphers that are no longer considered secure against quantum threats, including TLS/SSL versions and cipher suites.
Security Headers Analysis: Checks for the presence and correctness of security headers like Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to ensure proper configuration.
TLS/SSL Inspection: Evaluates TLS/SSL certificates, cipher suites, and protocol versions for outdated or insecure configurations.
DNS Record Analysis: Examines DNS records for compliance with security best practices and potential vulnerabilities, including TXT, MX, NS, CAA, and DMARC records.

Inputs Required:

domain (string): The primary domain to analyze, such as acme.com.

Business Impact: Ensuring cryptographic implementations are up-to-date and secure against quantum threats is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information. Organizations that fail to prepare may face significant risks, including data breaches and loss of trust from customers and stakeholders.

Risk Levels:

Critical: Identifies use of RSA with keys smaller than 2048 bits or ECC with key sizes less than 256 bits.
High: Detects TLS/SSL versions below TLSv1.2, deprecated cipher suites like RC4, DES, and MD5, and missing security headers.
Medium: Indicates the presence of insecure DNS records or outdated cryptographic protocols that are not quantum resistant.
Low: Informs about minor issues such as unenforced Content Security Policy directives.
Info: Provides informational findings on potential improvements in DNS record management and compliance with security best practices.

Example Findings:

A legacy RSA algorithm with a key size of 1024 bits, which is considered vulnerable to quantum attacks.
TLSv1.0 protocol being used, which is deprecated and insecure against future cryptographic threats.
Incomplete or missing Strict-Transport-Security header, exposing the site to potential man-in-the-middle attacks.
Use of RC4 cipher suite in SSL/TLS communication, highly vulnerable to quantum cryptanalysis.