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SN 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs - AI Frenzy in Cybercrime

October 13, 2026 2:49:02 28.34 MB ( 134.16 MB less) Downloads: 0

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments.

  • Anthropic cuts live Internet access during testing.
  • Will LLM technology turn out to be an uncontrollable dead end?
  • What alternative AI technologies are underway?
  • Anthropic offers free AI vulnerability scanning for open source.
  • South Korean banks hit by Claude-driven cyberattacks.
  • Japan declares a state of cyber-emergency due to attacks.
  • For one listener, agentic coding has taken the joy out of coding.
  • A listener is having way too much fun with AI and Halloween.
  • Some listeners believe I'm downplaying the dangers of AI.
  • We carefully examine the consequences of maliciously trained AI

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1100-Notes.pdf

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