When AI Commits Felonies - PSW #938

This week in the security news, when you're not at summer camp and you can't even read about it, the federal continues using the CFAA against AI.

Social contracts are not security models.

VS Code extensions, again.

BugTrack is back.

NVIDIA, LVFS, and unraveling AI infrastructure.

More routers that come with backdoors.

Do we care about LPE or local privilege escalation? Even more AI that finds vulnerabilities.

And when AI breaks out of its own guardrails.

All that and more on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly.

Broadcasting live from G-Unit

Studios in Rhode Island, it's the show where exploits run wild, packets aren't the only things getting sniffed, and the cocktails flow steady.

It's Paul's Security Weekly.

Coming to you from the Hacker Syndicate Studios, this is Paul's Security Weekly.

It's episode number 938, being recorded on Wednesday, August 5th, 2026, right at the start of Black Hat.

I'm your host, Paul Sedor, and I'm not a black hat.

I am joined by someone who hasn't been on the show in some time.

Mr. Tyler Shields is here with us.

Tyler, welcome.

Hey, great to see you.

I, too, am not a black cat.

That is what we have in common today.

Right.

Just one

thing that we have in

common.

Just one of many, my friend.

That's right.

We'll dig into it and all the things as soon as I get through some announcements.

Of course.