SN 1079: Daybreak and Codename MDASH - Microsoft's Edge Password Blunder

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Twit, Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte, Hacking, Technology, Cyber Crime, Malware, Security, Encryption, Spyware

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 172 minutes

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Summary

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

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here.
0:03.3	A little change in Microsoft land over that edge password thing.
0:09.2	We will talk about a new way of making chips work without electricity by pulling in quantum power from the air.
0:20.1	Is that possible?
0:21.7	And Open AI and Microsoft's response
0:25.6	to the Anthropic Mythos security tool,
0:28.4	all of that and a whole lot more coming up next on security now.
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1:41.9	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson, episode 1779, recorded Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.
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