Real examples of AI-powered code scanning with Jeff McJunkin from Rogue Valley Information Security / Defender Fridays [#315]

About this episode

Jeff McJunkin discusses AI-powered code scanning for vulnerabilities with real examples.

Jeff McJunkin, Founder of Rogue Valley Information Security, joins Defender Fridays to talk AI-powered code scanning for vulnerabilities. Jeff walks through real examples including using AI to find privilege escalation bugs in the Linux kernel.

People in this episode

Guest: Jeff McJunkin

Topics covered

• AI
• code scanning
• vulnerabilities
• cybersecurity
• Linux
• privilege escalation

Keywords

• AI
• code scanning
• vulnerabilities
• Linux kernel
• privilege escalation
• cybersecurity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rogue Valley Information Security

Products: AI-powered code scanning, Linux kernel

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