Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of SpinRite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.
SN 1098: How worried should we be? - Unpredictable Agents
With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back the curtain on AI's unpredictable power, the escalation of digital extortion, and why the next breach may hit closer to home than you think.
- Muse has a bad 0-day
- The regularity of "Irregular"
- More rogue OpenAI breaches
- The Seven Deadly Sins (TSDS) hacker group
- Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) cargo ship hacked
- The FBI offended ShinyHunters's delicate sensibilities
- Canonical switches to an every–2-weeks release cadence
- Axios' AI 101: AI Explainer for normal people
- How worried should we be?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1098-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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