Security Now 1081: AI Captured the Flag

Security Now 1081: AI Captured the Flag

From Total Leo (Audio) by TWiT

June 3, 2026 · 3h 20m

About this episode

The episode discusses how AI is transforming Capture the Flag competitions and the implications for cybersecurity.

AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans. As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack. CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal. Can the largest botnet ever, be killed. Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network. Charter Communications big account leak. Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta. Anthropic to release Mythos shortly. cURL and Daniel Stenberg. IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI. LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week. AI spells the end of a terrific source of training Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-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 what…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte

Topics covered

  • AI vulnerability discovery
  • Capture the Flag competitions
  • cybersecurity
  • federal agency updates
  • botnets
  • listener feedback
  • open source

Keywords

  • AI
  • Capture the Flag
  • cybersecurity
  • CISA
  • botnet
  • Drupal
  • open source
  • listener feedback
  • UnFiOS
  • Defender

Sponsors

Bitwarden, Hoxhunt, Zscaler, Material Security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CISA, Charter Communications, IBM, RedHat

Products: UnFiOS, Defender, cURL, Mythos, Spinrite 6

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