Security Now - 16k MP3

This week, Leo and I discuss printers around the world getting hacked!, Vizio's TVs really were watching their watchers, Windows has a new 0-day problem, Android's easy-to-hack pattern lock, an arsonist's pacemaker rats him out, a survey finds that many iOS apps are not checking TLS certificates, the courts create continuing confusion over eMail search warrants, a blast from the past: SQL Slammer appears to return, Cellebrite's stolen cell phone cracking data begins to surface, some worrisome events in the Encrypted Web Extensions debate, Non-Windows 10 users are not alone, a couple of questions answered, my report of a terrific Sci-Fi series, a bit of other miscellany... and a fun story about one armed bandits being hacked by two armed bandits..

This week, Leo and I discuss the best "I'm not a Robot" video ever; Cisco's WebEx problem being far more pervasive than first believed; More bad news (and maybe some good news) for Netgear; Gmail adds .js to the no-no list; a hotel finally decides to abandon electronic room keying; more arguments against the use of modern AV; another clever exploitable CSS browser hack; some (hopefully final) password complexity follow-ups; a bit of errata and miscellany; a SQRL status update; a "Luke... trust the SpinRite" story; and a very nice analysis of a little-suspected threat hiding among us.

This week, Leo and I discuss how, while still on probation Symantec issues additional invalid certificates, Tavis Ormandy finds a very troubling problem in Cisco's Web conferencing extension for Chrome, yesterday's more-important-than-usual update to iOS, renewed concerns about LastPass metadata leakage, the SEC looks askance at what's left of Yahoo, a troubling browser form auto-fill information leakage, Tor further hides its hidden services, China orbits a source of entangles photons?, Heartbleed three years later, a new take on compelling fingerprints, approaching the biggest Pwn2Own ever, some miscellany... and some tricks for computing password digit and bit complexity equivalence.

This week, Leo and I discuss a classic bug at GoDaddy which bypassed domain validation for 8850 issued certificates; could flashing a peace sign compromise your biometric data?; it's not only new IoT devices that may tattle on you: many autos have been able to for the past 15 years; McDonalds gets caught in a web security bypass; more famous hackers have been hacked; Google uses AI to increase image resolution; more on the value or danger of password tricks; and... does WhatsApp incorporate a deliberate crypto backdoor?

This week, Leo and I discuss the US Federal Trade Commission's step into the IoT and home networking malpractice world, a radio station learning a lesson about what words NOT to repeat, Google's plan to even eliminate the "checkbox", a crucial caveat to the "passwords are long enough" argument, more cause to be wary of third-party software downloads, a few follow-ups to last week's topics, a bit of miscellany and a close look at the government's Russian hacking disclosure and a well-known piece of (related?) PHP malware.

This week, Leo and I discuss law enforcement and the Internet of Tattling things, a very worrisome new and widespread PHP eMail vulnerability, Paul and MaryJo score a big concession from Microsoft, a six year old "hacker" makes the news, Apple discovers how difficult it is to make developers change, hyperventilation over Russian malware found on a power utility's laptop, the required length of high entropy passwords, more pain for Netgear, an update on the just finalized v1.3 of TLS, the EFF's growing "Secure" messaging scorecard, a bunch of fun miscellany... and how does that "I'm not a Robot" non-CAPTCHA checkbox CAPTCHA work?

This week, Leo and I discuss Russia's hacking involvement in the US Election; that, incredibly, it gets even worse for Yahoo!; misguided anti-porn legislation in South Carolina; troubling legislation from Australia; legal confusion from the Florida appellate court; some good news from the U.S. Supreme Court; Linux security stumbling; why Mac OS X got an important fix last week; the Steganography malvertising attack that targets home routers; news of a forthcoming inter-vehicle communications mandate; professional cameras being called upon to provide built-in encryption; LetsEncrypt gets a worrisome extension; additional news, errata, miscellany... and how exactly DOES that "I really really promise I'm not a robot (really!)" non-CAPTCHA checkbox CAPTCHA work?

This week, Leo and I discuss ticket-buying bots getting their hand slapped (do they have hands?), a truly nasty new addition to encrypting ransomware operation, a really dumb old problem returns to many recent Netgear routers, Yahoo!'s being too pleased with their bug bounty program, Steganometric advertising malware that went undetected for two years, uBlock Origin readies for a big new platform, what exactly is the BitDefender "BOX"? (We wish we knew!), VeraCrypt was audited... next up is OpenVPN! (Yay!), the definitive answer to the question of where Spock's thumb should be, Steve's new relaxing and endless puzzler, and... questions from our listeners!

Leo and I discuss Android meeting Gooligan, Windows Upgrades bypass Bitlocker, nearly one million UK routers taken down by a Mirai variant, the popular AirDroid app is "Doing it wrong", researchers invent a clever credit card disclosure hack, Cloudflare reports a new emerging botnet threat, deliberate backdoors discovered in 80 different models of Sony IP cameras, we get some closure on our SanFran MUNI hacker, a fun hack with Amazon's Echo and Google's Home, How to kill a USB port in seconds, a caution about keyless entry (and exit), too-easy-to-spoof fingerprint readers, an extremely troubling report from the UK, and finally some good news: the open-source covert USB hack defeating "BeamGun"!... plus a bunch of fun miscellany, some great Sci-Fi reader/listener book news, and... however many questions we're able to get to by the end of two hours!

Leo and I discuss share a wonderful quote about random numbers, our standard interesting mix of security do's and dont's, new exploits (WordPress dodged a big bullet!), planned changes, tips & tricks, things to patch, a new puzzle/game discovery, some other fun miscellany... and ten comments, thoughts and questions from our terrific listeners!