About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving landscape of internet security, featuring various topics including AI, browser vulnerabilities, and significant industry news.

From the sudden retirement of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf to the unstoppable advance of "apex agentic adversaries," get a front-row seat to the unfolding security revolution and its massive real-world stakes. Why Fable5's re-release has disappointed. Opera becomes the first browser to offer "Paste Protect." Microsoft BlueHammer exploit is "hammering" systems. Industry legend (TCP creator) Vint Cerf on AI. Chrome turns 150 with too many fixes to load. Google fails to sidestep a $4.67 billion EU fine. One last (we can hope) Chat Control vote next week. AirDrop & Android Quick Share are exploitable. How to bypass Claude's and ChatGPT's guardrails. My own Sunday spin with SpinRite. A legendary hacker uses AI on a widespread library Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1086-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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte

Topics covered

• internet security
• AI advancements
• browser vulnerabilities
• data privacy
• cyber threats
• technology news

Keywords

• security revolution
• apex agentic adversaries
• Microsoft BlueHammer exploit
• EU fine
• AirDrop vulnerabilities
• Chat Control vote

Sponsors

Black Hat, Cohesity, Bitwarden, Zscaler, XBOW

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fable5, Opera, Microsoft, Google, ChatGPT, Claude, SpinRite, TWiT

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