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 inspecting July's Patch Tuesday.
- A widespread and worrisome flaw in OpenSSL.
- Claude can now access your 1Password credentials.
- Bitwarden is aware that we need whole new security.
- The day ends in "y" so a new prompt injection attack.
- A true (and rare) core Wordpress emergency update.
- Lots of interesting listener feedback.
- And new ways AI is being used by bad guys
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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