Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News The Coming SAAS Apocalypse - 2026-02-23
Feb 25, 2026
01:06:04
In this episode:
- Agentic AI tools that can autonomously perform tasks like researching and booking flights, raising concerns about automated purchases, fraud, guardrails, and over-trust in AI systems.
- The idea of a coming “SaaS apocalypse,” where AI tools could replicate or replace many small- and mid-tier SaaS products by crawling and recreating their functionality—potentially disrupting payroll, accounting, and other service platforms.
- Android’s shift away from its open-platform roots, including concerns about reduced openness, developer anonymity in app stores, and the broader implications for privacy-focused users and alternative operating systems.
- Ongoing tensions in the tech ecosystem around platform control, openness, and general-purpose computing, particularly involving large vendors like Google, Apple, Oracle, and major cloud providers.
- Broader security implications of AI adoption, including hallucinations, accountability, and how organizations are integrating AI to cut costs versus innovate.
The discussion centers strictly on these current tech news developments and their security, privacy, and market impact.
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Chapters
- (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Take the interstate to Dubai
- (04:53) - The Coming SAAS Apocalypse - 2026-02-23
- (07:39) - Story # 1: Keep Android Open
- (15:34) - Story # 2: Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting
- (21:13) - Story # 3: The Coming SaaS Apocalypse...
- (28:52) - Story # 4: Firm Data on AI
- (29:43) - Story # 4b: Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago
- (36:15) - Story # 5: US Defense Secretary Hegseth summons Anthropic CEO for tough talks over military use of Claude, Axios reports
- (40:41) - Story # 6: Conduent data breach could be largest in U.S. history
- (43:13) - Story # 6: The Erosion of Agency and the New Burden on Leaders
- (46:02) - Story # 7: DSA-2026-079: Security Update for RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability
- (48:30) - Story # 8: AI-augmented threat actor accesses FortiGate devices at scale
- (51:42) - Story # 9: I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI - and it only took 20 minutes
- (01:03:07) - Antisyphon Training SOC Summit, March 25, 2026
- (01:03:40) - Antisyphon Training: Attacking, Defending, and Leveraging AI-LLM Systems
- (01:03:58) - Antisyphon Workshop: Hacking AI-LLM Applications
- (01:04:27) - Antisyphon Anti-Cast: RED TEAMING AI: OWASP LLM TOP 10 WITH BRIAN AND DEREK
- (01:04:53) - PODCAST : A.I. Security Ops
Links
Story # 1: Keep Android Open
Story # 2: Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting
Story # 3: The Coming SaaS Apocalypse…
Story # 4: Firm Data on AI
Story # 4b: Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago
Story # 5: US Defense Secretary Hegseth summons Anthropic CEO for tough talks over military use of Claude, Axios reports
Story # 6: Conduent data breach could be largest in U.S. history
Story # 6: The Erosion of Agency and the New Burden on Leaders
Story # 7: DSA-2026-079: Security Update for RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability
Story # 8: AI-augmented threat actor accesses FortiGate devices at scale
Story # 9: I hacked ChatGPT and Google’s AI - and it only took 20 minutes
Antisyphon Training SOC Summit, March 25, 2026
Antisyphon Training: Attacking, Defending, and Leveraging AI-LLM Systems
Antisyphon Workshop: Hacking AI-LLM Applications
Antisyphon Anti-Cast: RED TEAMING AI: OWASP LLM TOP 10 WITH BRIAN AND DEREK
PODCAST : A.I. Security Ops
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