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SN 1084: The Residential Proxy Threat - Malicious Proxies in Your Living Room
A flood of everyday gadgets, from cheap streaming boxes to digital photo frames, are being secretly conscripted into global proxy networks and used to mask major cyberattacks—possibly even targeting your own home network.Worries of AI-power cyberattacks are spreading.Mythos "missed some" important vulnerabilities in Firefox.Every recent patch Tuesday Nightmare Eclipse has struck. What now?Massive store of valid FortiGate VPN credentials found.F5 issues emergency updates to their NGINX-based server offerings.Introducing "AI Potpourri" -- deeply altering an AI's personality.A close look at the explosion in malicious proxy networks.A Canadian judge okayed the illegal removal of such infectionsShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1084-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: doppel.com trustedtech.team/securitynow365 XBOW.com threatlocker.com/twit guardsquare.com
SN 1084: The Residential Proxy Threat - Malicious Proxies in Your Living Room
A flood of everyday gadgets, from cheap streaming boxes to digital photo frames, are being secretly conscripted into global proxy networks and used to mask major cyberattacks—possibly even targeting your own home network.Worries of AI-power cyberattacks are spreading.Mythos "missed some" important vulnerabilities in Firefox.Every recent patch Tuesday Nightmare Eclipse has struck. What now?Massive store of valid FortiGate VPN credentials found.F5 issues emergency updates to their NGINX-based server offerings.Introducing "AI Potpourri" -- deeply altering an AI's personality.A close look at the explosion in malicious proxy networks.A Canadian judge okayed the illegal removal of such infectionsShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1084-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: doppel.com trustedtech.team/securitynow365 XBOW.com threatlocker.com/twit guardsquare.com
SN 1083: Patch Tuesday à la AI - Arch Linux Repo Under Siege
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 requirements.NPM to switch to more secure install defaults. Will it help.Our listeners react to last week's PHP commentary.June shows that AI has arrived for vulnerability discoverShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1083-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit-biz zscaler.com/security adaptivesecurity.com
SN 1083: Patch Tuesday à la AI - Arch Linux Repo Under Siege
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 requirements.NPM to switch to more secure install defaults. Will it help.Our listeners react to last week's PHP commentary.June shows that AI has arrived for vulnerability discoverShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1083-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit-biz zscaler.com/security adaptivesecurity.com
SN 1083: Patch Tuesday à la AI - Arch Linux Repo Under Siege
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 requirements.NPM to switch to more secure install defaults. Will it help.Our listeners react to last week's PHP commentary.June shows that AI has arrived for vulnerability discoverShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1083-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit-biz zscaler.com/security adaptivesecurity.com
SN 1082: The Malicious Use of AI - Anthropic's Red Team Report
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 confidence." What...The discovered and irresponsibly disclosed HTTP/2 Bomb.What Anthropic learns from their past year of Claude abuse: It's badShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1082-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com for Security Now outsystems.com/twit guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow and use code SECURITYNOW
SN 1082: The Malicious Use of AI - Anthropic's Red Team Report
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 confidence." What...The discovered and irresponsibly disclosed HTTP/2 Bomb.What Anthropic learns from their past year of Claude abuse: It's badShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1082-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com for Security Now outsystems.com/twit guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow and use code SECURITYNOW
SN 1082: The Malicious Use of AI - Anthropic's Red Team Report
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 confidence." What...The discovered and irresponsibly disclosed HTTP/2 Bomb.What Anthropic learns from their past year of Claude abuse: It's badShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1082-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com for Security Now outsystems.com/twit guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow
SN 1081: AI Captured the Flag - Personal AI: Productivity Superpower or Privacy Threat?
AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans.As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack.CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal.Can the largest botnet ever, be killed.Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network.Charter Communications big account leak.Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta.Anthropic to release Mythos shortly.cURL and Daniel Stenberg.IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI.LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week.AI spells the end of a terrific source of trainingShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow zscaler.com/security material.security meter.com/securitynow
SN 1081: AI Captured the Flag - Personal AI: Productivity Superpower or Privacy Threat?
AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans.As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack.CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal.Can the largest botnet ever, be killed.Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network.Charter Communications big account leak.Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta.Anthropic to release Mythos shortly.cURL and Daniel Stenberg.IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI.LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week.AI spells the end of a terrific source of trainingShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow zscaler.com/security material.security meter.com/securitynow
SN 1081: AI Captured the Flag - Personal AI: Productivity Superpower or Privacy Threat?
AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans.As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack.CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal.Can the largest botnet ever, be killed.Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network.Charter Communications big account leak.Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta.Anthropic to release Mythos shortly.cURL and Daniel Stenberg.IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI.LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week.AI spells the end of a terrific source of trainingShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow zscaler.com/security material.security meter.com/securitynow
SN 1080: Vulnerability Debt Repayment - Will Mythos Change Cybersecurity Forever?
Mozilla found 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities in days using AI—bugs that millions of automated test runs had missed for years. Steve Gibson argues this isn't a crisis. It's the industry finally paying down decades of security debt, and for the first time, defenders may have the advantage.Cisco meets MythosCan the aging CVE system survive AIPatch deployment latency in the AI ageMSFT's official YellowKey BitLocker bypass mitigationUbiquiti patches 5 serious vulnerabilitiesDrupal attacked by a PostgreSQL injectionMicrosoft terminates SMS as a second factorGitHub hacked - all of its source code exfiltratedRussia is using very old Western softwareWhy to get a no-charge AI chatbot accountNew Sci-Fi on NetflixWhat we learn from Mozilla's use of MythosShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1080-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow and use code SECURITYNOW trustedtech.team/securitynow365 XBOW.com
SN 1080: Vulnerability Debt Repayment - Will Mythos Change Cybersecurity Forever?
Mozilla found 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities in days using AI—bugs that millions of automated test runs had missed for years. Steve Gibson argues this isn't a crisis. It's the industry finally paying down decades of security debt, and for the first time, defenders may have the advantage.Cisco meets MythosCan the aging CVE system survive AIPatch deployment latency in the AI ageMSFT's official YellowKey BitLocker bypass mitigationUbiquiti patches 5 serious vulnerabilitiesDrupal attacked by a PostgreSQL injectionMicrosoft terminates SMS as a second factorGitHub hacked - all of its source code exfiltratedRussia is using very old Western softwareWhy to get a no-charge AI chatbot accountNew Sci-Fi on NetflixWhat we learn from Mozilla's use of MythosShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1080-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow and use code SECURITYNOW trustedtech.team/securitynow365 XBOW.com
SN 1080: Vulnerability Debt Repayment - Will Mythos Change Cybersecurity Forever?
Mozilla found 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities in days using AI—bugs that millions of automated test runs had missed for years. Steve Gibson argues this isn't a crisis. It's the industry finally paying down decades of security debt, and for the first time, defenders may have the advantage.Cisco meets MythosCan the aging CVE system survive AIPatch deployment latency in the AI ageMSFT's official YellowKey BitLocker bypass mitigationUbiquiti patches 5 serious vulnerabilitiesDrupal attacked by a PostgreSQL injectionMicrosoft terminates SMS as a second factorGitHub hacked - all of its source code exfiltratedRussia is using very old Western softwareWhy to get a no-charge AI chatbot accountNew Sci-Fi on NetflixWhat we learn from Mozilla's use of MythosShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1080-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: guardsquare.com doppel.com cyberhoot.com/securitynow trustedtech.team/securitynow365 XBOW.com
SN 1079: Daybreak and Codename MDASH - Microsoft's Edge Password Blunder
OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are racing to unleash next-gen AI that hunts for software vulnerabilities and hacks at scale. This episode explores how these advancements could shake up everything we thought we knew about cybersecurity.Microsoft rethinks Edge's "intended behavior" after it gets press.Chaotic Eclipse hacker strikes again with a Bitlocker bypass.Google's threat analysis group documents malicious AI use.Canada hasn't learned the lessons of the EU and the UK.AI chatbots may be far more addictive than social media.Project: Hail Mary now available to stream.An apparently-serious zero-point quantum vacuum energy source.A bit of listener feedback.OpenAI's & Microsoft's vulnerability discovery systemsShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1079-Notes.pdfHosts: Steve Gibson and Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: outsystems.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow zscaler.com/security meter.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT