October 21, 2025

Security Now 1048: Mic-E-Mouse

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2 hours 50 minutes

Think your mouse is harmless? Steve and Leo uncover how modern optical mice might be secretly "listening" in, and reveal why satellite data pouring down on us is almost entirely unsecured.

The long awaited lawsuit to block Texas SB2420.

Embattled Texas SB2420 also impacts Google Play.

At long last, NIST modernizes their password policy.

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters demise was exaggerated.

China claims that the NSA has been hacking them.

Half of all geosynchronous satellite traffic is unencrypted.

The AWS outage highlights the rising risk of Internet monoculture.

A terrific collection of listener feedback and...

Could your PC's mousehave much bigger ears than you know?

https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1048-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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October 21, 2025

Security Now 1048: Mic-E-Mouse

Listen Later

2 hours 50 minutes

Think your mouse is harmless? Steve and Leo uncover how modern optical mice might be secretly "listening" in, and reveal why satellite data pouring down on us is almost entirely unsecured.

The long awaited lawsuit to block Texas SB2420.

Embattled Texas SB2420 also impacts Google Play.

At long last, NIST modernizes their password policy.

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters demise was exaggerated.

China claims that the NSA has been hacking them.

Half of all geosynchronous satellite traffic is unencrypted.

The AWS outage highlights the rising risk of Internet monoculture.

A terrific collection of listener feedback and...

Could your PC's mousehave much bigger ears than you know?

https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1048-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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Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

Melissa.com/twit

hoxhunt.com/securitynow

threatlocker.com for Security Now

joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

bitwarden.com/twit

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