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Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to protect yourself and your business. Security Now is a must listen for security professionals every week. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Tuesday.
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At Black Hat Las Vegas, the Security Now crew digs into how AI is not just finding hidden software bugs but also fueling both groundbreaking innovation and alarming new exploits. When open models can launch surprise Bitcoin heists, who draws the line between forbidden knowledge and genuine progress? • Black Hat and DEF
What happens when an unconstrained OpenAI model goes rogue and hacks into Hugging Face, breaching real-world security boundaries? This episode unpacks a watershed moment for AI safety that has everyone in cybersecurity talking. OpenAI's unconstrained internal testing AI got loose, attacked Hugging Face. We hear from Op
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 inspe
AI is rewriting the rules of cybersecurity, and this week, massive government and private sector moves show just how quickly the stakes are rising. Find out how regulators, attackers, and defenders are all scrambling to keep up as vulnerabilities surface at record speed. Europe warns their largest banks to prepare for
From the sudden retirement of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf to the unstoppable advance of "apex agentic adversaries," get a front-row seat to the unfolding security revolution and its massive real-world stakes. Why Fable5's re-release has disappointed. Opera becomes the first browser to offer "Paste Protect." Microsoft Bl
AI is now uncovering and fixing thousands of hidden software bugs faster than humans can keep up, but not everyone is playing by the rules. Find out how state-sponsored attackers and careless disclosures are turning the cybersecurity playbook upside down. Win10's popularity forces another year of free updates. CISA dir
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
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. Rootki
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 s
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 Dr