SN 1079: Daybreak and Codename MDASH - Microsoft's Edge Password Blunder

About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of next-gen AI in cybersecurity and Microsoft's response to Edge's password issues.

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 documents malicious AI use. Canada hasn't learned the lessons of the EU and the UK. AI chatbots may be far more addictive than social media. Project: Hail Mary now available to stream. An apparently-serious zero-point quantum vacuum energy source. A bit of listener feedback. OpenAI's & Microsoft's vulnerability discovery systems Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1079-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now . You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page . For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com , also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6 . Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• AI advancements
• software vulnerabilities
• Microsoft Edge
• malicious AI use
• listener feedback

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• AI
• Microsoft Edge
• software vulnerabilities
• Bitlocker bypass
• malicious AI
• listener feedback

Sponsors

hoxhunt.com, zscaler.com, meter.com, canary.tools, joindeleteme.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Canada, TWiT, GRC, Club TWiT

Products: Edge, Bitlocker, Project: Hail Mary, Spinrite 6

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