Security Now 1082: The Malicious Use of AI

Security Now 1082: The Malicious Use of AI

From Total Leo (Video) by TWiT

June 10, 2026 · 2h 37m

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of malicious AI use and various cybersecurity threats.

Discover how Anthropic's secretive red team and the MITRE ATT&CK framework are mapping the chilling rise of malicious AI use, revealing cyber threats that now move faster than defenders can respond. Was a U.S. law firm right to pay a $20 million ransom. Could Cisco have yet another SD-WAN 0-day in the wild. Why is it so difficult to author secure PHP code. Teens use "WeedHack" to spy and attack each other. Researchers create the first AI-enabled Internet worm. Google Chrome pops-up "Shop with confidence." What... The discovered and irresponsibly disclosed HTTP/2 Bomb. What Anthropic learns from their past year of Claude abuse: It's bad Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1082-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 you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte

Topics covered

  • malicious AI
  • cybersecurity
  • ransomware
  • PHP security
  • AI-enabled threats
  • Internet worms

Keywords

  • malicious AI
  • ransom payment
  • SD-WAN
  • PHP code security
  • AI worm
  • HTTP/2 Bomb

Sponsors

threatlocker.com, outsystems.com, guardsquare.com, doppel.com, cyberhoot.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, MITRE ATT&CK, Cisco, Google Chrome, GRC

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