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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