Security Cryptography Whatever

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• AI Lattice Proofs with Chris Peikert

  August 26, 2026 · 51 min

  The robots are at it again, and this time they’re solving, and breaking(?), math and cryptography! Things have been happening in the lattice corner including new leapfrogging complexity results in the closest vector problem (CVP), AND a…

• An Odyssey of Lattice Cryptography with Mark Schultz-Wu

  July 27, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

  We invited Mark Schultz-Wu on the podcast to talk about the history of lattice cryptography. When lattices are explained in plain english, they are actually quite simple! I don't think any of us have ever seen Deirdre so happy. If you're…

• Trump's Golden Post-Quantum EO(s)

  July 2, 2026 · 57 min

  The dear leader has actually bleated out some not-dumb executive orders (EOs) to accelerate adoption of post-quantum crypto for the US government! This looks to be in response to a flurry of advancements in quantum computing and quantum…

• Facing the Vulnpocalypse with lcamtuf

  June 15, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

  We talk to Michał Zalewski (lcamtuf) about the vulnpocalypse and if we even need fuzzers anymore. This episode may be export controlled at a future date. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI9CSgB4p9o Transcript…

• AI Finds Vulns You Can't With Nicholas Carlini

  March 26, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

  Returning champion Nicholas Carlini comes back to talk about using Claude for vulnerability research, and the current vulnpocalypse. It's all very high-brow stuff, and the gang learns some bitter lessons. Watch on YouTube…

• Standardizing Pure PQC

  March 10, 2026 · 8 min

  Standardizing cryptography involves a lot of opinions. Luckily, the gamer presidents are on it. Come on, you all know the drill. This is the last time I do this. "Security Cryptography Whatever" is hosted by Deirdre Connolly…

• Python Cryptography Breaks Up with OpenSSL with Paul Kehrer and Alex Gaynor

  February 2, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

  The Python cryptography module, pyca/cryptography, has mostly been a sane wrapper around a pile of C, so that users get performant cryptography on the many, many platforms Python targets. Therefore its maintainers, Alex Gaynor and Paul…

• The IACR Can't Decrypt with Matt Bernhard

  December 31, 2025 · 57 min

  The International Association of Cryptologic Research held their regular election using secure voting software called Helios…and lost the keys to decrypt the results, leaving them with no choice but to throw out the vote and call a new…