Part 1: Social engineering, malware, and the future of cybersecurity in AI

Social engineering, cyberattacks, and the fog of war - all topics covered in this interview with the VP of Security and Privacy at Google DeepMind. Hannah Fry and Four Flynn take us behind the scenes of Operation Aurora, the monumental 2009 attack on Google that forever changed the landscape of cybersecurity. They discuss the defender's dilemma, the constant battle between attackers and defenders in the digital world, and how AI can potentially help mitigate some of the most complex vulnerabilities. As Hannah said, there was just too much to fit into one episode, so keep an eye on your feed for part 2. If you’re worried about missing it, why not subscribe and turn on notifications for new episodes. Until next time! ___ 00:00 Intro 02:00 Project Aurora 20:48 Defenders dilemma 21:22 Zero Day vulnerabilities 23:49 Kill chain 25:39 LLM vulnerabilities 27:00 Malware and polymorphism 37:00 Big Sleep 45:00 Using AI to fix vulnerabilities (CodeMender) 51:10 Next time ___ Further reading: CodeMender: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/introducing-codemender-an-ai-agent-for-code-security/ Cybersecurity at Google: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/ai-security-frontier-strategy-tools/ Threat intelligence report: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai ___ Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to: Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry Series Producer: Dan Hardoon Editor: Rami Tzabar Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif Music composition: Eleni Shaw Audio engineer: Richard Courtice Video Editor: Bilal Merhi Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley Commissioned by Google DeepMind ____ Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/@googledeepmind Find us on X https://twitter.com/GoogleDeepMind Follow us on Instagram https://instagram.com/googledeepmind Add us on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepmind/