AI writes patches that don’t work, WordPress login takeover, Researchers hijack 36 million kids’ GPS trackers

AI Patch Development Fails, WordPress Login XSS Hits All Versions, and DEF CON's Biggest Security Lessons

David Shipley covers new research from 1Password's Off By One Labs showing AI-generated vulnerability patches often fail: across 6,080 scored patches for six CVEs, only 26% fixed issues without changing behavior, 20% fixed while changing behavior, and 53.9% failed or introduced new flaws, with many "successful" patches deemed fragile.

A critical WordPress login-page XSS (CVE-2026-64638, CVSS 8.9) affects every version ever shipped; fixes landed in 7.0.3 and were backported to 4.7, leaving older versions vulnerable, as CISA tracks active exploitation alongside the recent "WP to Shell" RCE. T

he episode also details warnings about destructive OT attacks, a cyber incident forcing North Carolina ports into manual operations, and DEF CON talks on hacking 36M GPS trackers, misdirected "noreply" domains, and AI-driven HTTP desync research.

00:00 NordLayer Sponsor Message
00:37 Headlines And Intro
01:08 AI Patches Fail Often
03:19 WordPress Login XSS
05:40 Wipers Target Infrastructure
08:02 North Carolina Ports Hit
09:49 DEF CON Favorite Talks
10:15 GPS Trackers Takeover
11:28 Noreply Domain Email Leak
12:37 AI Finds HTTP Desyncs
13:47 Cliff Stoll Keynote
15:09 Wrap Up And Thanks
15:31 NordLayer Sponsor Close

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