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SN 1087: HalluSquatting, GhostApproval & GitLost - Patch Tuesday Breaks Records
AI is rewriting the rules of cybersecurity, and this week, massive government and private sector moves show just how quickly the stakes are rising. Find out how regulators, attackers, and defenders are all scrambling to keep up as vulnerabilities surface at record speed.
- Europe warns their largest banks to prepare for AI attack.
- The EU launches an action plan for AI Cybersecurity.
- China considers keeping its budget AI to itself.
- The UK's NCSC & GCHQ announce their "Cyber Shield".
- CISA is using Mythos to audit U.S. government code.
- Microsoft warns of their upcoming patch flood.
- "RoguePlanet" receives an on-the-fly patch.
- An underused mode to kid-proof an iPhone.
- Listener feedback and three new AI attacks
- HalluSquatting, GhostApproval & GitLost
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1087-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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SN 1086: The Apex Agentic Adversary - Visual Prompt Injection Strikes
From the sudden retirement of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf to the unstoppable advance of "apex agentic adversaries," get a front-row seat to the unfolding security revolution and its massive real-world stakes.
- Why Fable5's re-release has disappointed.
- Opera becomes the first browser to offer "Paste Protect."
- Microsoft BlueHammer exploit is "hammering" systems.
- Industry legend (TCP creator) Vint Cerf on AI.
- Chrome turns 150 with too many fixes to load.
- Google fails to sidestep a $4.67 billion EU fine.
- One last (we can hope) Chat Control vote next week.
- AirDrop & Android Quick Share are exploitable.
- How to bypass Claude's and ChatGPT's guardrails.
- My own Sunday spin with SpinRite.
- A legendary hacker uses AI on a widespread library
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1086-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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SN 1085: A SOTA State-Sponsored Campaign - AI's New Superpower: Loop Engineering
AI is now uncovering and fixing thousands of hidden software bugs faster than humans can keep up, but not everyone is playing by the rules. Find out how state-sponsored attackers and careless disclosures are turning the cybersecurity playbook upside down.
- Win10's popularity forces another year of free updates.
- CISA directs all federal agencies to update their UniFi OS devices.
- CISA gave federal agencies "the weekend" to update Cisco devices.
- Australia is disturbed by a deeply compromised infrastructure provider.
- OpenAI introduces Daybreak-powered "Patch the Planet" initiative.
- Meta's employee monitoring-for-AI-training backfired badly.
- Script Kiddies figure out how to use AI to find vulnerabilities.
- AI improves with "looping", "repeating" or "iterating".
- A wonderful story about Kevin Mitnick.
- Serious hackers mistakenly left a server directory accessible
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1085-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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SN 1084: The Residential Proxy Threat - Malicious Proxies in Your Living Room
A flood of everyday gadgets, from cheap streaming boxes to digital photo frames, are being secretly conscripted into global proxy networks and used to mask major cyberattacks—possibly even targeting your own home network.
- Worries of AI-power cyberattacks are spreading.
- Mythos "missed some" important vulnerabilities in Firefox.
- Every recent patch Tuesday Nightmare Eclipse has struck. What now?
- Massive store of valid FortiGate VPN credentials found.
- F5 issues emergency updates to their NGINX-based server offerings.
- Introducing "AI Potpourri" -- deeply altering an AI's personality.
- A close look at the explosion in malicious proxy networks.
- A Canadian judge okayed the illegal removal of such infections
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1084-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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