SN 1088: 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 - grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson (twit.tv/people/steve-gibson) and Leo Laporte (twit.tv/people/leo-laporte)

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