SN 1101: ECDSA's Curves Origins - When AI Becomes the Attacker

An unreleased AI solved a 26-year-old cryptographic secret in less than half an hour, exposing the origins of a widely used standard. Discover what this jaw-dropping breakthrough means for the future of trust and transparency in cybersecurity.

• Another record smashing Patch Tuesday.

• But again, all those updates were not without consequences.

• Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 reports on an agentic attack.

• A mass-compromised hardware cryptocurrency wallet attack.

• How to create your own known-safe crypto wallet.

• Feedback about AI, coding and SpinRite from a listener.

• What the reverse-engineering of the ECDSA curves means for security

Show Notes - grc.com/sn/SN-1101-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson (twit.tv/people/steve-gibson) and Mikah Sargent (twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent)

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