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 directs all federal agencies to update their UniFi OS devices.
• CISA gave federal agencies "the weekend" to update Cisco devices.
• Australia is disturbed by a deeply compromised infrastructure provider.
• OpenAI introduces Daybreak-powered "Patch the Planet" initiative.
• Meta's employee monitoring-for-AI-training backfired badly.
• Script Kiddies figure out how to use AI to find vulnerabilities.
• AI improves with "looping", "repeating" or "iterating".
• A wonderful story about Kevin Mitnick.
• Serious hackers mistakenly left a server directory accessible

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1085-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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