Patch Tuesday à la AI - Arch Linux Repo Under Siege
This episode unpacks the jaw-dropping surge in vulnerabilities unearthed by AI, revealing how Microsoft shattered its own patch records while adversaries and defenders race to outpace each other. The conversation gets real about whether AI is fixing our broken software or just making attacks easier for everyone. • Rootkits found in more than 400 ArchLinux User Repository packages. • The US government requests Anthropic to remove Mythos and Fable. • CISA responds to AI-driven attacks with new patching requirements. • NPM to switch to more secure install defaults. Will it help. • Our listeners react to last week's PHP commentary. • June shows that AI has arrived for vulnerability discover Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1083-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Security Now episode 1083 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1083 Sponsors: • http://meter.com/securitynow • http://canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • http://joindeleteme.com/twit-biz • http://zscaler.com/security • http://adaptivesecurity.com 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 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.