SN 1031: How Salt Typhoon Gets In - What "AI" Really Means
China's Salt Typhoon claims another victim (or two).
State healthcare portals are tracking and leaking. No kidding.
Apple adopts FIDO's Passkeys and other credentials transport.
Facebook gets Passkey logon.
TikTok continues ticking for at least another 90 days.
Canadian telco admits they were infiltrated by Salt Typhoon.
Microsoft to remove unwanted (and hopefully unneeded) hardware drivers.
The Austrian government legislates court-warranted message decryption.
I (Steve) finally get full clarity on what today's "AI" means.
A deep dive into the Salt Typhoon's operation and how they got in
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3:00:38
SN 1028: AI Vulnerability Hunting - The End of Jailbreaking
Pwn2Own 2025, Berlin results.
PayPal seeks a "newly registered domains" patent.
An expert iOS jailbreak developer gives up.
The rising abuse of SVG images, via JavaScript.
Interesting feedback from our listeners.
Four classic science fiction movies not to miss.
How OpenAI's o3 model discovered a 0-day in the Linux kernel
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3:08:02
SN 1027: Artificial Intelligence - The Status of Encrypted Client Hello
What the status of Encrypted Client Hello (ECH)?
What radio technology would be best for remote inverter shutdown?
Some DNS providers already block newly listed domains.
Knowing when not to click a link can take true understanding.
Why can losing a small portion of a power grid bring the rest down?
Where are we in the "AI Hype Cycle" and is this the first?
Speaking of hype: An AI system resorted to blackmail?
Why are we so quick to imbue AI with awareness?
ChatGPT's latest o3 model ignored the order to shutdown.
Copilot may not be making Windows core code any better.
Venice.AI is an unfiltered and unrestrained LLM
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2:54:28
SN 1026: Rogue Comms Tech Found in US Power Grid - Is AI Replicating Itself?
Chrome to actively refuse admin privileges.
Android Messenger is getting manual key verification.
Pwn2Own to add AI "pwning" as in-scope attack targets.
AI has already been found to be replicating.
Microsoft not killing off Office on Win10 after October.
23andMe's asset purchaser revealed.
Many fun talking points thanks to our listeners.
Steve's review of "Andor", season 2.
What's been discovered inside the U.S. power grid
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2:47:03
SN 1025: Secure Conversation Records Retention - FBI Says to Toss Your Old Router
The state of Virginia passes an age-restriction law that has no chance.
New Zealand also tries something similar, citing Australia's lead.
A nasty Python package for Discord survived 3 years and 11K downloads.
The FBI says it's a good idea to discard end-of-life consumer routers.
What's in WhatsApp? Finding out was neither easy nor certain.
The UK's Cyber Centre says AI promises to make things much worse.
A bunch of great feedback from our great listeners, then:
Is true end-to-end encryption possible when records must be retained?
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