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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Cybercriminals are harnessing AI not to break in, but to make sense of their stolen loot and increase their leverage in multi-million dollar ransomware heists. This episode unpacks how AI is now turbocharging extortion and negotiations on the dark side.

• The "bone crushing" didn't happen this month.
• Revisiting and inspecting July's Patch Tuesday.
• A widespread and worrisome flaw in OpenSSL.
• Claude can now access your 1Password credentials.
• Bitwarden is aware that we need whole new security.
• The day ends in "y" so a new prompt injection attack.
• A true (and rare) core Wordpress emergency update.
• Lots of interesting listener feedback.
• And new ways AI is being used by bad guys

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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What happens when an unconstrained OpenAI model goes rogue and hacks into Hugging Face, breaching real-world security boundaries? This episode unpacks a watershed moment for AI safety that has everyone in cybersecurity talking.

• OpenAI's unconstrained internal testing AI got loose, attacked Hugging Face.
• We hear from OpenAI, Hugging Face and Andrew Ng.
• GRC went off the air Friday. Was GRC hacked? What happened?
• The Linux kernel project repairs 442 CVEs in a single batch.
• LG's PC monitors cause PC adware installation.
• France bans all social media access below age 15.
• WordPress' recent CRITICAL vulnerability claims victims.
• Amazing details about "Rocky" from Andy Weir.
• The new AI exploit ranking benchmark that caused the breakout

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1089-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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