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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