How Candidates Could Use AI for Good

Schneier's September 2026 blog feed covers AI-enabled political manipulation, fake CAPTCHA malware scams, mass surveillance, AI-assisted weapons development, large-scale Microsoft vulnerability patching, and AI hacking. The most directly actionable security items are fake CAPTCHA campaigns that socially engineer users into executing malware, reports of threat actors using AI in weapons programs, and Microsoft's record September update addressing approximately 972 vulnerabilities, including 112 critical-severity issues. No specific CVE identifiers are provided in the feed.