June 02, 2026

Security Now 1081: AI Captured the Flag

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3 hours 19 minutes

AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans.

As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack.

CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal.

Can the largest botnet ever, be killed.

Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network.

Charter Communications big account leak.

Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta.

Anthropic to release Mythos shortly.

cURL and Daniel Stenberg.

IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI.

LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week.

AI spells the end of a terrific source of training

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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June 02, 2026

Security Now 1081: AI Captured the Flag

Listen Later

3 hours 19 minutes

AI vulnerability discovery just upended the legendary Capture the Flag competitions, leaving top hackers sidelined while algorithms dominate the scoreboard. Hear why one seasoned researcher says the entire game is over for humans.

As expected, UnFiOS devices are under attack.

CISA commands federal agencies to update Drupal.

Can the largest botnet ever, be killed.

Defender endpoint can cutoff a PC from the network.

Charter Communications big account leak.

Chrome moves device-bound session cookies from beta.

Anthropic to release Mythos shortly.

cURL and Daniel Stenberg.

IBM & RedHat commit to fixing open source with AI.

LOTS of terrific listener feedback this week.

AI spells the end of a terrific source of training

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1081-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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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

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