Security Now (Audio)· Folge 1096

SN 1096: Are we the Krell? - 153 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked

Mittwoch, 16. September 2026 · 2 h 51

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Are we charging toward a Krell-style catastrophe with AI, arming ourselves with incomprehensible power while missing the real risks lurking beneath the code?

• The full report on last week's nearly 1,000 Microsoft security fixes.

• Five months after its start, what's the status of Project Glasswing?

• Anthropic's rogue agent escape count reaches four incidents.

• Not to be outdone, OpenAI's count passes 10 and maybe as many as 23!

• Revisiting California's DROP compulsory data broker data deletion.

• Russian criminals get their hands on more than 153 million drivers license scans.

• "Skynet" is the wrong model for the end of the world. The right model is The Krell

Show Notes - grc.com/sn/SN-1096-Notes.pdf

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

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