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Patch Tuesday à la AI - Arch Linux Repo Under Siege
Published Jun 17, 2026
Steve Gibson
This episode unpacks the jaw-dropping surge in vulnerabilities unearthed by AI, revealing how Microsoft shattered its own patch records while adversaries and defenders race to outpace each other. The conversation gets real about whether AI is fixing our broken software or just making attacks easier for everyone. Rootkits found in more than 400 ArchLinux User Repository packages. The US government requests Anthropic to remove Mythos and Fable. CISA responds to AI-driven attacks with new patching
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The Malicious Use of AI - Anthropic's Red Team Report
Published Jun 10, 2026
Steve Gibson
Discover how Anthropic's secretive red team and the MITRE ATT&CK framework are mapping the chilling rise of malicious AI use, revealing cyber threats that now move faster than defenders can respond. Was a U.S. law firm right to pay a $20 million ransom. Could Cisco have yet another SD-WAN 0-day in the wild. Why is it so difficult to author secure PHP code. Teens use "WeedHack" to spy and attack each other. Researchers create the first AI-enabled Internet worm. Google Chrome pops-up "Shop with co
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A Browser AI API? - End of Bug Bounties?
Published May 6, 2026
Steve Gibson
Google is sneaking a massive 4.7GB AI model into Chrome, and Mozilla is fighting back as the future of browsers threatens to turn into an AI arms race. Find out what's really happening behind this push and why it's setting off alarm bells across the web. Hackers AI-code a portal, forget to add authentication. The UK's NCSC issues a Mythos warning. Where's CISA? Another (of many) Linux local privilege escalations. AI may be spelling the end of bug bounties. Anthropic releases "Claude Security" mi
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You can't hide from LLMs - Was Your Smart TV a Stealth Proxy?
Published Mar 11, 2026
Steve Gibson
Think your online alias keeps you safe? This episode reveals how advanced language models are making it trivial to de-anonymize users at scale, challenging everything we thought we knew about internet privacy. Anthropic & Mozilla improve Firefox's security. Apple & Google begin testing cross-platform RCS encryption. Ubuntu's SUDO starts echoing asterisks. Inviting a web proxy into your home. Apple devices cleared by Germany for NATO's use. A serious remote takeover of OpenClaw. TokTok won't encr
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