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November 04, 2025SN 1050: Here Come the AI Browsers - Scareware Blockers
AI-powered web browsers are hitting the scene fast, but Steve and Leo unpack why these smart assistants could usher in an era of security chaos most users aren't ready for. Brace yourself for the wild risks, real-world scams, and the privacy questions no one else is asking.
Secret radios discovered in Chinese-made busses.

Edge & Chrome introduce LLM-based "scareware" blocking.

A perfect example of what scareware blocking hopes to prevent.

Aardvark: OpenAI's new vulnerability scanner for code.

Italy to require age verification from 48 specific sites.

Russia to require the use of only Russian software within Russia.

Russia further clamping down on non-MAX Telegram and WhatsApp messaging.

187 new malicious NPM packages. Could AI help with that?

BadCandy malware has infiltrated Australian Cisco routers.

Github's 2025 report with the dominance of TypeScript.

Windows 11 gets new extra-secure Admin Protection feature.

A bunch of interesting feedback and listener thoughts.

And why the new AI-driven web browsers may be bringing a whole new world of hurt

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1050-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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October 28, 2025SN 1049: DNS Cache Poisoning Returns - Ransomware Payments Plummet
Just when you thought DNS cache poisoning was a thing of the past, Steve and Leo reveal why this 17-year-old bug is making a dramatic comeback—and why most DNS resolvers still can't manage high-quality random numbers after all this time.
The unsuspected sucking power of a Linux-based robot vacuum.

Russia to follow China's vulnerability reporting laws.

A pair of Scattered Spider UK teen hackers arrested.

Facebook,Instagram and TikTok violating the EU's DSA.

Microsoft Teams bringing user WiFi tracking bypolicy.

You backed up. That's great. Did you test that backup?

Coveware reports all-time lowransomware payment rate.

Ransomware negotiator reports how the bad guys get in.

Lots of listener thoughts and feedback about NIST passwords.

And against all reason and begging credulity, it seems we still haven't managed to put high-quality random number generators into our DNS resolvers.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1049-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 56min
October 21, 2025SN 1048: Mic-E-Mouse - AWS Goes Down Hard
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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2h 51min
October 14, 2025SN 1047: RediShell's CVSS 10.0 - The Rise of Mega Botnets
Texas is on the brink of forcing Apple and Google to overhaul app downloads with strict age verification laws—are tech giants ready, or is your privacy about to get caught in the crossfire?
The EU aborted their Chat Control vote knowing it would fail.

Salesforce says it's not going to pay; customer data is released.

Hackers claim Discord breach netted 70,000 government IDs.

Microsoft to move Github to Azure. What could possibly go wrong.

New California law allows universal data sharing opt-out.

OpenAI reports that it's blocking foreign abuse. Who cares.

IE Mode refuses to die, so Microsoft is burying it deeper.

The massive mess created by Texas legislation SB2420.

The BreachForums website gets a makeover.

100,000 strong global botnet attacking U.S. RDP services.

UI experts weigh in on Apple's iOS 26 user-interface.

330,000 publicly exposed REDIS servers are RCE-vulnerable

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1047-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 33min
October 07, 2025SN 1046: Google's Developer Registration Decree - The End of Free Android Apps?
Google's new demand for developer registration could spell the end for open-source app stores, while Europe's controversial chat control vote threatens privacy for everyone—Steve and Leo break down what's at stake for devs and users alike.
Qantas says no one can releak their stolen data.

Brave's usage is up. But is it really 3 times faster.

Next Tuesday the EU votes on "Chat Control".

Microsoft formally launches a "Security Store".

Outlook moves to block JavaScript in SVG's.

A new release of Chrome.

Gmail will no longer pull external email via POP.

Googe Drive starts blocking ransomware encryptions.

The UK issues another order to Apple.

Researchers create a "Battering RAM" attack device.

HackerOne's significant bug bounty payouts.

The Imgur service goes dark across the UK. Guess why.

The Netherlands plans to say NO to "Chat Control."

Discord was breached and government IDs leaked.

Salesforce says it's not another new breach.

Signal introduces a new post-quantum ratchet.

Your motherboard MIGHT support TPM 2.0.

Google to force Android app devs to register and pay

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1046-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 32min
September 30, 2025SN 1045: News and Listener Views - 2.3 Million Cisco Devices Exposed
Cisco's routers just exposed more than two million networks thanks to a "security optional" SNMP setup that's being actively exploited—Steve and Leo break down why this is a worst-case scenario for the industry and how easily it could have been avoided.
Gmail's spam filtering false-positive spree.

iOS 26's Safari randomizes its fingerprint by default.

Cisco's SNMP stands for "Security Not My Problem".

Windows' "stuck" Extended Security Updates (ESU).

Europe complains, gets 1-year of ESU with no strings.

Where to get $6 TLS certs (really) while they last.

The lessons to learn from Jaguar Land Rover's mess.

The NEON app: get paid to have your voice recorded.

Bluesky's age verification, now coming to Ohio.

What is "Kids Web Services" for age verification.

More than 10K Ollama instances publicly exposed.

GRC's DNS Benchmark reaches "release candidate"

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1045-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 50min
September 23, 2025SN 1044: The EU's Online Age Verification - Consumer Reports vs. Microsoft
Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates.

Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations.

China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code.

WebAssembly v3.0 officially released.

Firefox v143 updates and new features.

Firefox for Android now offers DoH.

A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID.

Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update.

DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer.

SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads.

China says no to NVIDIA.

300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed.

The EU is already testing proper online age verification.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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3h 2min
September 16, 2025SN 1043: Memory Integrity Enforcement - Crypto ATM Scam Epidemic
Apple just rewrote the rules of device security with a chip-level upgrade that could wipe out most iPhone vulnerabilities overnight. Find out how "memory integrity enforcement" aims to make exploits a thing of the past—and why it took half a decade to pull off.
Are Bitcoin ATMs anything more than scamming terminals.

Ransomware hits the Uvalde school district and Jaguar.

Did "Scattered LapSus Hunters" just throw in the towel.

Germany, for one, to vote "no" on Chat Control.

Russia's new MAX messenger has startup troubles.

Samsung follows Apple's WhatsApp patch chain.

Shocker: UK school hacks are mostly by students.

HackerOne was hacked.

Connected washing machines in Amsterdam hacked.

DDoS breaks another record.

Bluesky to implement conditional age verification.

Enforcement actions for Global Privacy Control.

Might Apple have finally beaten vulnerabilities

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1043-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 52min
September 09, 2025SN 1042: Letters of Marque - 1.1.1.1 Certificate Snafu
Is the U.S. on the verge of legalizing "hack back" missions, turning private companies into sanctioned cyber warriors? Steve and Leo unpack Google's plan for a cyber disruption unit and why the lines between defense and digital retaliation are suddenly blurring.
My experience with 'X' vs email.

Google TIG blackmailed to fire two security researchers.

1.1.1.1 DNS TLS certificate mis-issued.

Artists blackmailed with threats of training AI on their art.

Firefox extended end-of-life for Windows 7 to next March.

Is the renewal of cybersecurity info sharing coming soon.

Should security analysis be censored due to vibe-coding.

UK versus Apple may not be settled after all.

Another very serious supply chain attack.

Can the software supply-chain ever be trustworthy.

Why did BYTE Magazine die.

What happens if Google and others go on the attack

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1042-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 56min
September 02, 2025SN 1041: Covering All the Bases - SHAKEN Networks, Uncontrollable AI, and Robocall Reckoning
When even the Department of Defense can't properly vet its software dependencies, what chance do the rest of us have? Steve Gibson reveals how "fast-glob" became a case study in supply chain blindness, explores whether AI can ever truly be controlled after Meta's celebrity chatbot disaster, and celebrates BYTE Magazine's 50th anniversary with a look at how far we've come (and how vulnerable we still are).
A look back at issue #1 of BYTE magazine exactly 50 years ago

The enforcement of the SHAKEN & STIR Telecom protocols

Breaking: Judge rules against forced Google divestitures in monopoly case

The inherent danger of consolidating authentication

Can AI be controlled?

Vivaldi says a big "no" to AI-enhanced web browsers

How WhatsApp figured into Apple's recent 0-day attacks

Leveraging AI as an attack aid

The latest TransUnion data breach

Two scummy websites sue the UK over age requirements

OpenSSH reminds its users to adopt post-quantum crypto

The DOD uses open source maintained by a Russian national

Much great feedback from our terrific listeners

Sci-Fi news from "The Frontiers Saga" Ryk Brown

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1041-notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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