January 12, 2021

Security Now 801: Out With The Old

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SolarWinds smoking gun, Signal influx of WhatsApp users, male chastity cage.

Firefox and Chromium updates address remote system take over bugs.

Tenable researchers reported a critical Chromium bug.

What Firefox's backspace key does and should do.

How Ryuk malware operations netted $150 million via cryptocurrency exchange.

Intel: A triumph of marketing over technology.

The strange case of the Male Chastity Cage.

A SolarWinds smoking gun? "Sunburst backdoor."

A class action lawsuit filed by shareholders of SolarWinds stock.

The "Krebs Stamos Group"

Zyxel security endpoints under attack.

WhatsApp revises their privacy policy.

Signal sees a mass influx of WhatsApp users.

Out with the old: A look at the history of SpinRite code.

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-801-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show 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.

Sponsors:

WWT.COM/TWIT

barracuda.com/securitynow

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January 12, 2021

Security Now 801: Out With The Old

Listen Later

2 hours

SolarWinds smoking gun, Signal influx of WhatsApp users, male chastity cage.

Firefox and Chromium updates address remote system take over bugs.

Tenable researchers reported a critical Chromium bug.

What Firefox's backspace key does and should do.

How Ryuk malware operations netted $150 million via cryptocurrency exchange.

Intel: A triumph of marketing over technology.

The strange case of the Male Chastity Cage.

A SolarWinds smoking gun? "Sunburst backdoor."

A class action lawsuit filed by shareholders of SolarWinds stock.

The "Krebs Stamos Group"

Zyxel security endpoints under attack.

WhatsApp revises their privacy policy.

Signal sees a mass influx of WhatsApp users.

Out with the old: A look at the history of SpinRite code.

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-801-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show 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.

Sponsors:

WWT.COM/TWIT

barracuda.com/securitynow

...more