Hyperelliptic Curve Method (HECM)
There are recent developments in using hyperelliptic curves to factor integers. Cosset shows in his article (of 2010) that one can build a hyperelliptic curve with genus two (so a curve with of degree 5) which gives the same result as using two 'normal' elliptic curves at the same time. By making use of the Kummer Surface calculation is more efficient. The disadvantages of the hyperelliptic curve (versus an elliptic curve) are compensated by this alternative way of calculating. Therefore Cosset roughly claims that using hyperelliptic curves for factorization is no worse than using elliptic curves.
Read more about this topic: Lenstra Elliptic Curve Factorization
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