May 19th 2026
Security Now 1079
Daybreak and Codename MDASH
Microsoft’s Edge Password Blunder
OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are racing to unleash next-gen AI that hunts for software vulnerabilities and hacks at scale. This episode explores how these advancements could shake up everything we thought we knew about cybersecurity.
- Microsoft rethinks Edge's "intended behavior" after it gets press.
- Chaotic Eclipse hacker strikes again with a Bitlocker bypass.
- Google's threat analysis group documents malicious AI use.
- Canada hasn't learned the lessons of the EU and the UK.
- AI chatbots may be far more addictive than social media.
- Project: Hail Mary now available to stream.
- An apparently-serious zero-point quantum vacuum energy source.
- A bit of listener feedback.
- OpenAI's & Microsoft's vulnerability discovery systems
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1079-Notes.pdf
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