An Alien Mind - From RSA Weakness to Agentic Attacks
As AI becomes startlingly capable, top minds at OpenAI admit they can't always control what their own creations do—or even fully understand how they think. This episode dives into the real-world tension between rapid progress and the growing challenge of keeping AI truly aligned. • GLM-5.3 can be and has been abliterated. What does that mean? • Firefox 157 repairs a large number of high-impact vulnerabilities. • A surprising reduction in RSA crypto strength has been discovered. • Powerful agentic AI is being used to attack merchants. • A new and potent Spectre-style processor attack has been designed. • A neighbor falls victim to a Bitcoin scam. What can be done? • A new and surprising use was found for GRC's DNS Benchmark. • An examination of the growing alignment challenges created by more intelligent AI Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1099-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Security Now episode 1099 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1099 Sponsors: • http://guardsquare.com • http://bitwarden.com/twit • http://threatlocker.com/twit • http://doppel.com • http://material.security 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.