White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto

Ars Technica security roundup: the White House accelerated the deadline to replace quantum-vulnerable cryptography; AMD reversed its removal of consumer memory encryption after backlash; Microsoft and researchers disclosed multiple new backdoors and zero-days (including a PeopleSoft 0-day and a Linux kernel use‑after‑free) that have led to large data thefts and credential exposure; a lightweight Crypto Clipper malware spreads via USB and Tor; Apple patched high‑severity eavesdropping flaws in Beats; Dashlane and many organizations were impacted by vault/credential theft; dozens of Red Hat NPM‑