Steve Gibson
Security Now (Audio)
A Nefarious Novel Use for AI - Ransomware Negotiations Go High-Tech
- Published
- July 22, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 47m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 22, 2026
Discusses anthropic.
Summary
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 widespr…
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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 da
Themes
- anthropic