PHP2Shell Won't Be the Last Big AI Cybersecurity Risk
Calif cybersecurity executives Thai Duong and Bruce Dang join hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway to discuss how AI models are revolutionizing software hacking, highlighted by the recent PHP2Shell vulnerability affecting 70% of websites. They explain how frontier AI is compressing exploit generation timelines, collapsing the window between software patching and exploitation, and enabling machine-speed enterprise breaches. The discussion explores why coding models are inherently dual-use hacking tools and what defenses can realistically withstand the emerging era of centaur hackers.
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- Formal verification tools like Lean only work on isolated, small software components; they fail completely on complex platforms like web browsers. Read →