A Nefarious Novel Use for AI - Ransomware Negotiations Go High-Tech
Cybercriminals are harnessing AI not to break in, but to make sense of their stolen loot and increase their leverage in multi-million dollar ransomware heists. This episode unpacks how AI is now turbocharging extortion and negotiations on the dark side. • The "bone crushing" didn't happen this month. • Revisiting and inspecting July's Patch Tuesday. • A widespread and worrisome flaw in OpenSSL. • Claude can now access your 1Password credentials. • Bitwarden is aware that we need whole new security. • The day ends in "y" so a new prompt injection attack. • A true (and rare) core Wordpress emergency update. • Lots of interesting listener feedback. • And new ways AI is being used by bad guys Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Security Now episode 1088 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1088 Sponsors: • http://canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • http://zscaler.com/security • http://adaptivesecurity.com • http://joindeleteme.com/twit-biz • http://arcticwolf.com/trends 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: https://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 exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekintech/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.