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Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday to 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. New episodes every Tuesday.

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SN 1082: The Malicious Use of AI - Anthropic's Red Team Report Jun 10, 2026 2:37:27 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

SN 1081: AI Captured the Flag - Personal AI: Productivity Superpower or Privacy Threat? Jun 3, 2026 3:19:51 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

SN 1080: Vulnerability Debt Repayment - Will Mythos Change Cybersecurity Forever? May 27, 2026 2:44:01 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 Mythos Can the aging CVE system survive AI Patch deployment latency in the AI age MSFT's

SN 1079: Daybreak and Codename MDASH - Microsoft's Edge Password Blunder May 20, 2026 2:51:52 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 d

SN 1078: DigiCert does it right - Hugging Face Under Fire May 13, 2026 2:40:32 DigiCert's latest security mishap triggered not just a scramble behind the scenes, but a cascading crisis that briefly wiped trust from millions of Windows systems. Find out how a single support slip, followed by Microsoft's heavy-handed response, left critical infrastructures exposed. The FCC decides router firmware updates are useful. Netgear applies for and gets a full FCC pass. AI uncovers

SN 1077: A Browser AI API? - End of Bug Bounties? May 6, 2026 2:35:01 Google is sneaking a massive 4.7GB AI model into Chrome, and Mozilla is fighting back as the future of browsers threatens to turn into an AI arms race. Find out what's really happening behind this push and why it's setting off alarm bells across the web. Hackers AI-code a portal, forget to add authentication. The UK's NCSC issues a Mythos warning. Where's CISA? Another (of many) Linux local pr

SN 1076: FAST16.SYS - Unmasking the NSA's Most Diabolical Digital Sabotage Apr 29, 2026 2:35:19 What if your engineering calculations secretly sabotaged your nation's best efforts? This week, we reveal how a newly uncovered 21-year-old NSA rootkit quietly corrupted scientific research in hostile states and why it changes everything you think you know about cyberwarfare. Bitwarden's CLI hit with a supply-chain attack. Commercial routers in Iran fail shortly before the war. Meta logging al

SN 1075: Yes. Exactly. - The Zero-Day Ticking Clock Apr 22, 2026 2:40:28 Security leaders warn the era of AI-driven bug hunting has arrived, with Mythos uncovering hundreds of overlooked vulnerabilities in code bases as trusted as Firefox. Are defenders ready for the avalanche of exploits and the frantic race to patch? A disgruntled developer discloses multiple Windows 0-days. Microsoft purchases its own bugs in massive campaign. VeraCrypt & Wireshark suddenly

SN 1074: What Mythos Means - Marketing or Mayhem Apr 15, 2026 2:51:16 We may already be living through the most consequential hundred days in cyber history, and the arrival of AI that can autonomously chain zero-day vulnerabilities into working exploits means the software industry's long-standing "ship it and patch it later" era is officially over. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1074-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to

SN 1073: The FCC Bans New Consumer Routers - LinkedIn's JavaScript Bombshell Apr 8, 2026 2:52:15 The FCC has banned all new consumer routers made outside the US, leaving networks stuck with aging, insecure hardware while blocking innovation. Find out why this sweeping move is raising eyebrows and lawsuits—and why it makes zero sense for cybersecurity. Apple's 26.4 age queries catches many by surprise. LinkedIn's 2.7 MB of privacy-invading javascript. Microsoft starts forcing Win11 24H2 to

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