22 - Raw Dogging the Internet

About this episode

The episode discusses various cybersecurity issues, including malware, exploits, and the implications of AI in technology.

Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches Apple and Google Broke Their Own Rules by Promoting 'Nudify' Apps, Report Says Anthropic quietly pulls Claude Code from Pro plan and hands local model advocates their strongest argument yet You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI's Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy Chaotic Eclipse BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate Privileges Disgruntled hacker drops second zero-day Windows Defender exploit just hours after Microsoft patches first one Chaotic Eclipse https://archive.ph/Qcp1g https://archive.ph/GkT3F https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/macos-has-a-49-7-day-networking-time-bomb-built-in-that-only-a-reboot-fixes-comparison-operation-on-unreliable-time-value-stops-machines-dead-in-their-tracks https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/contrary-to-popular-superstition-aes-128-is-just-fine-in-a-post-quantum-world/ https://archive.ph/G5mEM Follow SirBemrose , Pheonix , and PhoneBoy on Mastodon

People in this episode

Hosts: SirBemrose, Pheonix, PhoneBoy

Topics covered

• malware
• security
• AI
• exploits
• surveillance
• technology

Keywords

• malware
• Cisco
• Apple
• Google
• AI
• exploits
• Windows Defender
• surveillance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cisco, Apple, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft

Products: Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, Windows Defender

Books & works: Nudify

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