Recent news reports might suggest that an AI-enhanced side attack has defeated the CRYSTALS-Kyber PQC algorithm. In this episode we clarify that Kyber has not been defeated to date and exactly what did occur. We define side channel attack, discuss the broader implications of this attack, and speculate on what would happen if Kyber actually were broken.

ChatGPT presents the potential problem of ChatGPT content being used and attributed to another source, such as a professional writer or a student. In this episode we discuss the idea of "watermarking" ChatGPT content, including stenography, randomness, entropy, and how to destroy the watermarks.

Recent public discussion of FIDO and digital certificates reveal details of Microsoft's approach to consumer digital authentication. We discuss secure elements, Windows Hello, and the differences between B2C, B2B, and B2E.

In the latest continuation of the effort to create better protections for consumer privacy while still enabling targeted advertising, Google has announced the Privacy Sandbox. In this episode we describe this latest foray, including concepts like k-anonymity and differential privacy.

ChatGPT and similar AI tools are dominating the public's mind these days. In this episode we discuss the potential for people to attempt to use ChatGPT as a source of reputational analysis, KYC, and other information about individuals, companies, and other entities. These activities are potentially subject to both error and deliberate misdirection. In this episode we explain why.

In a recently revealed security breach, an attacker gained a copy of the full 2019 TSA No Fly list, including subject PII. This breach was enabled by failures in digital identity and encryption. Join us in unpacking what happened and the lessons to be learned.

The U.S. government has a new law requiring that government agencies create plans for migrating to post-quantum cryptography in response to impending threats from quantum computers. In this episode we are joined by guest Bruno Couillard of Crypto4A to discuss the law and its implications.

The industry is seeing more and more attention spent on the idea of CA agnosticism. As with any buzzy technology term, it can be used to mean a variety of things. Join us as we catalog the various ways a Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) system can be "CA agnostic."

Concerns recently have been raised about OCSP real-time certificate checking and its potential to violate privacy. In this episode we unpack these concerns and discuss the alternatives to OCSP.

A white hat security researcher recently revealed a large number of identity-based vulnerabilities across many automotive manufacturers. In this episode we explain how a group of white hats exploited these manufacturers' dependence on non-secret "secrets" such as VIN or email address to force a raft of unacceptable behaviors across a large number of automotive brands.