Cybercriminals are harnessing AI not to break in, but to make sense of their stolen loot and increase their leverage in multi-million dollar ransomware heists. This episode unpacks how AI is now turbocharging extortion and negotiations on the dark side.<ul> 
<li>The "bone crushing" didn't happen this month.</li> 
<li>Revisiting and inspecting July's Patch Tuesday.</li> 
<li>A widespread and worrisome flaw in OpenSSL.</li> 
<li>Claude can now access your 1Password credentials.</li> 
<li>Bitwarden is aware that we need whole new security.</li> 
<li>The day ends in "y" so a new prompt injection attack.</li> 
<li>A true (and rare) core Wordpress emergency update.</li> 
<li>Lots of interesting listener feedback.</li> 
<li>And new ways AI is being used by bad guys</li></ul> 
Show Notes - <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf</a> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a> 
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