Security Now (Audio)

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Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to protec... more

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Security Now (Audio) episodes:

November 12, 2024SN 1000: One Thousand - Windows Server 2025, Malicious Python Typos
Bitwarden reaffirms it's commitment to open source.

The rights of German security researchers are clarified.

Australia to impose age limits on social media.

Free Windows Server 2025 anyone?

UAC wasn't getting in the way enough, so they're fixing that.

"From Russia with fines" -- obey or else.

South Korea fines Meta over serious user privacy violations.

Synology's (very) critical zero-click RCE flaw.

Malicious Python packages invoked by typos.

Google to enforce full MFA for all cloud service users.

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30%? Is Firefox safe?

Some feedback from Dave's Garage (https://grc.sc/dave)

GRC email

CTL: AI Debugging

CTL: Chat GPT vs YouTube Shorts

CTL: Update on the "Train Tracks" Pic of the Week

CTL: DNS Benchmark compatibility

CTL: The accuracy of AI

CTL: Exposing NAS to the Internet

CTL: Congrats on 1000!

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1000-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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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2h 18min
November 05, 2024SN 999: AI Vulnerability Discovery - RT's AI TV Hosts, Windows 10 Updates
Google's record-breaking fine by Russia. (How many 0's is that?)

RT's editor-in-chief admits that their TV hosts are AI-generated.

Windows 10 security updates set to end next October... or are they?

When a good Chrome extension goes bad.

Windows .RDP launch config files. What could possibly go wrong?

Firefox 132 just received some new features.

Chinese security cameras being removed from the UK.

I know YOU wouldn't fall for this social engineering attack.

What's GRC's next semi-commercial product going to be?

And what's the prospect for AI being used to analyze code to eliminate security vulnerabilities?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-999-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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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1h 54min
October 29, 2024SN 998: The Endless Journey to IPv6 - AI-Driven Encryption, Session Messenger, IPv6
Apple proposes 45-day maximum certificate life.

SEC fines four companies for downplaying their SolarWinds attack severity.

Google adds 5 new features to Messenger including inappropriate content.

Does AI-driven local device-side filtering resolve the encryption dilemma forever?

The very nice looking "Session" messenger leaves Australia for Switzerland.

Another quick look at the question of the EU's software liability moves.

Fake North Korean employees WERE found to install backdoor malware.

How to speed up an SSD without using SpinRite.

Using ChatGPT to review and suggest improvements in code.

And Internet governance has been trying to move the Internet to IPv6 for the past 25 years, but the Internet just doesn't want to go. Why not? And will it ever?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-998-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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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2h 54min
October 22, 2024SN 997: Credential Exchange Protocol - DJI Sues DoD, Quantum Vs. RSA, Lost MS Logs
Did Chinese researchers really break RSA encryption? What did they do?

What next-level terror extortion is being powered by the NPD breach data?

The EU to hold software companies liable for software security?

Microsoft lost weeks of security logs. How hard did the try to fix the problem?

The Chinese drone company DJI has sued the DoJ over its ban on DJI's drones.

The DoJ wishes to acquire "DeepFake" technology to create fake people.

Microsoft has bots pretending to fall for phishing campaigns, then leading the bad guys to their honeypots. It's diabolical and brilliant.

A bit of BIMI logo follow-up, then...

A look at the operation of the FIDO Alliance's forthcoming Credential Exchange Protocol which promises to create passkey collection portability

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-997-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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:
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2h 19min
October 15, 2024SN 996: BIMI (up Scotty) - NPD Goes Broke, Firefox Under Attack, .io
uBlock Origin to the rescue

National Public Data files for bankruptcy

Will the .IO top level domain be disappearing?

Patch Tuesday

Firefox under attack

Miscellany

Sci-Fi

The Sequence

uBlock Origin

Eero Routers

Pep Link Router

BIMI (up Scotty)

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-996-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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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2h 33min
October 08, 2024SN 995: uBlock Origin & Manifest V3 - DDoS Record, N. Korean Workers, Vitamin D
Facebook's parent Meta not hashing passwords

A New, forthcoming PayPal default opts their users into merchant data sharing

DDoS breaks another record

Speaking of these ASUS routers

Do you know who you're hiring?

Vitamin D

The CUPS vulnerablility

Routers for normal people

uBlock Origin & Manifest V3

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-995-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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:
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Melissa.com/twit
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2h 36min
October 01, 2024SN 994: Recall's Re-Rollout - Domain Security, Tor + Tails, VLC Update
The Linux remote code execution flaw

The CRUCIAL importance of Domain Control Security

Roskomnadzor strikes a discordant note

VLC gets a security update

Tor and Tails Merge

Telegram changes its long-standing "zero cooperation" policy

Enshittification

Bobiverse book 5

Windows 10 notifications

Experian woes

Nuevomailer

SpinRite

Peter F. Hamilton

Recall's Re-Rollout

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-994-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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:
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bitwarden.com/twit
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2h 17min
September 24, 2024SN 993: Kaspersky exits the U.S. - Exploding Pagers, Passkeys in Chrome
The case of the exploding pagers and walkie-talkies

"Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads"

Another large chunk of personal data exposed

Passkeys takes a big step forward: Now supported by Chrome

A nascent 9.9 Linux Unauthenticated RCE?

Freezing Credit

Credit Bureaus

Drobo 5N

SN email labeled as spam

Public Wi-fi saftey

SN for Certs

Windows Defender

Kaspersky exits the U.S.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-993-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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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2h 28min
September 17, 2024SN 992: Password Manager Injection Attacks - Aging Media, Naval Starlink, adam:ONE
Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit

Aging storage media does NOT last forever

How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi

adam:ONE named the #1 best Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution

AI Talk

Password Manager Injection Attacks

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-992-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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:
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joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
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2h 24min
September 10, 2024SN 991: RAMBO - Cloned YubiKeys, Telegram vs. Signal, French Elevators, Unix Time
Offer to uninstall Recall was a bug, not a feature

YubiKeys can be cloned

Miscellany

Is WhatsApp secure?

Telegram vs Signal

French elevators

Freezing your credit

The Quiet Canine

Unix time

Bobiverse book 5

Exodus: The Achemedes Engine

Watching SpinRite

RAMBO

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-991-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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:
flashpoint.io
bigid.com/securitynow
Melissa.com/twit
bitwarden.com/twit
...more
2h 20min

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