Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
You can listen to the latest episode of The Kettle on this page, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube. A second vulnerability discovered by Anthropic's Mythos model has been exploited in the wild, and it's not one that humans probably would have discovered, begging the question just how important we are in the future of cybercrime. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Join host Brandon Vigliarolo, cybersecurity editor Jessica Lyons, and senior reporter Tom Claburn to discuss those stories, and what they mean for the future of cybersecurity, on this week's episode.
- ▪You can listen to the latest episode of The Kettle on this page, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
- ▪A second vulnerability discovered by Anthropic's Mythos model has been exploited in the wild, and it's not one that humans probably would have discovered, begging the question just how important we are in the future of cybercrime.
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