Twit2026-10-07 02:27:02

SN 1099: 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.

Summary

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 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 .

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KazaSec's take

Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.

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Source: Twit
Published: 2026-10-07 02:27:02
Author: twit
Category: technology

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