SN 1085: A SOTA State-Sponsored Campaign - AI's New Superpower: Loop Engineering

SN 1085: A SOTA State-Sponsored Campaign - AI's New Superpower: Loop Engineering

Author: TWiT July 1, 2026 Duration: 2:50:15

AI is now uncovering and fixing thousands of hidden software bugs faster than humans can keep up, but not everyone is playing by the rules. Find out how state-sponsored attackers and careless disclosures are turning the cybersecurity playbook upside down.

  • Win10's popularity forces another year of free updates.
  • CISA directs all federal agencies to update their UniFi OS devices.
  • CISA gave federal agencies "the weekend" to update Cisco devices.
  • Australia is disturbed by a deeply compromised infrastructure provider.
  • OpenAI introduces Daybreak-powered "Patch the Planet" initiative.
  • Meta's employee monitoring-for-AI-training backfired badly.
  • Script Kiddies figure out how to use AI to find vulnerabilities.
  • AI improves with "looping", "repeating" or "iterating".
  • A wonderful story about Kevin Mitnick.
  • Serious hackers mistakenly left a server directory accessible

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1085-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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