Bank of America has a message for its customers: please, for the love of God, stop handing your banking passwords to your AI assistant. And if your robot does something daft with your money? That’s your problem, not theirs.
Meanwhile, a company that promised to rescue ransomware victims without paying the criminals stands accused of… paying the criminals. ProPublica’s Renee Dudley was on the case years before the indictment.
Plus, Dropzone AI’s Edward Wu asks what happens when AI models break out of their test environment and go hacking, and whether AI agents can help overstretched security teams keep up.
All this and more in episode 491 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Renee Dudley.
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.