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 - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1101-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Security Now episode 1101 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/ep... Sponsors: • http://bitwarden.com/twit • http://joindeleteme.com/twit-biz • http://threatlocker.com/twit • http://canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • http://guardsquare.com Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: https://grc.com/ also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetca... TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook:   / twitnetwork   Instagram:   / twit.tv   X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok:   / twittok   Reddit:   / thisweekintech   LinkedIn:   / twit-llc   About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.