March 25, 2025

Security Now 1018: The Quantum Threat

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2 hours 52 minutes

The dangers of doing things you don't understand.

Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.

A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.

A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.

A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.

Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!

RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).

How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?

Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.

Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!

The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"

AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?

Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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March 25, 2025

Security Now 1018: The Quantum Threat

Listen Later

2 hours 52 minutes

The dangers of doing things you don't understand.

Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.

A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.

A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.

A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.

Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!

RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).

How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?

Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.

Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!

The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"

AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?

Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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zscaler.com/security

legatosecurity.com

joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT