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August 17, 2021SN 832: Microsoft's Culpable Negligence - Firefox Update, Magniber, Merger of Avast and NortonLifeLock
Picture of the week.
Firefox Update.
Facebook finally adds end-to-end encryption to Messenger.
Exploitation of PrintNightmare has begun.
And "Magniber" Ransomware Uses PrintNightmare.
Crypto-mining botnet modifies CPU configurations to increase its mining power.
NortonLifeLock and Avast are merging their users.
ASUS updates 207 motherboard BIOSes!
Errata.
Closing the Loop.
Microsoft's Culpable Negligence.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-832-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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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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1 hr 32 min
August 10, 2021SN 831: Apple's CSAM Mistake - Flawed Random Number Generator, Super Duper Secure Mode, TCP Stack Error
Picture of the week.
"You're Doing IoT RNG"
The Pulse Secure VPN remains in trouble.
And Cisco, too...
Flaws found in another popular embedded TCP/IP library.
Microsoft Edge gets "Super Duper Secure Mode"
Closing the Loop.
Apple's CSAM Mistake.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-831-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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1 hr 59 min
August 03, 2021SN 830: The BlackMatter Interview - Bad News for Firefox, DarkSide Returns, Tailscale, Google to Assume HTTPS
Picture of the Week.
Mozilla's Firefox Monthly Active Users (MAU) slowly but steadily drops.
Google to finally assume HTTPS.
The evolution of "Initial Access Brokers".
DarkSide Returns.
"A Microsoft July 2021 Recap"
Tailscale.
Closing the Loop.
SpinRite.
The BlackMatter Interview.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-830-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:
CrowdStrike.com/twit
Bitwarden.com/twit
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2 hr 15 min
July 27, 2021SN 829: SeriousSAM & PetitPotam - Kaseya Universal Decryptor, Window's Process Hacker, Chrome 92
Picture of the Week.
Faster and more efficient phishing detection in Chrome 92.
A Universal Decryptor for all Kaseya victims.
The printer driver used by millions of HP, Samsung and Xerox Printers is exploitable.
Windows' Process Hacker.
"GoLang" gains supply chain security features at GitHub.
Closing the Loop.
SeriousSAM & PetitPotam.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-829-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:
business.eset.com/twit
Melissa.com/twit
1 hr 52 min
July 20, 2021SN 828: REvil Vanishes! - Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability, iOS WiFi SSID Bug, Patch Tuesday Review
Picture of the week
Browser News
The attacks on Google Chrome continue.
Firefox special-cases anti-tracking for "Login With" functions.
Security News
iOS WiFi SSID bug
We still can't awaken from the "PrintNightmare"
It's not a bug, it's a feature!
Patch Tuesday Review
Update Acrobat and Reader
Rolling your own Crypto
Pegasus
Errata
Windows Extended APIs
REvil Vanishes
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-828-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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expressvpn.com/securitynow
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1 hr 54 min
July 13, 2021SN 827: REvil's Clever Crypto - Microsoft Fails to Patch PrintNightmare & Sodinokibi Malware's Crypto Design
Picture of the Week
The "PrintNightmare Continues"
Kaseya - Not nearly as bad as it could have been
Ransomwhere site
Microsoft Office Users: There's a new malware-protection bypass
Ransomware negotiators are now in high demand
Microsoft seemingly enforces the new Windows 11 Start menu
Stay tuned for SpinRite v6.1 beta
REvil's Clever Crypto
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-827-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:
wwt.com/twit
canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
business.eset.com/twit
1 hr 58 min
July 06, 2021SN 826: The Kaseya Saga - Microsoft PrintNightmare, WD's MyCloud OS3 Troubles, SpinRite in a BMW
Picture of the Week.
"PrintNightmare" is NOT CVE-2021-1675.
The Authentication Dilemma.
Western Digital steps up.
WD's MyCloud OS3 Troubles.
SpinRite.
Miscellany & Closing The Loop.
The Kaysea Saga.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-826-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:
Bitwarden.com/twit
itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
1 hr 48 min
June 29, 2021SN 825: Halfway Through 2021 - Google's FLoC, $600M Ransomware Attack, Where Will Windows 11 Run?
Picture of the week
Google's FLoC has landed with a hard thud and is now-delayed
The high cost of Ireland's recovery from the Conti ransomware attack
Who is responsible for damage and data loss following the remote wiping of many Western Digital My Book NAS devices?
The story behind an important Edge update
Where will Windows 11 run?
The passing of an industry legend
Steve's favorite web browser keyboard shortcut and his favorite website cloning tool
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-825-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.
Sponsor:
att.com/activearmor
1 hr 43 min
June 22, 2021SN 824: Avaddon Ransonomics - Chrome 0-Day, Big Spinrite Update, iOS Wi-Fi Bug, Economics of Ransomware
Picture of the Week.
Another day, another Chrome 0-day.
Ransomware perpetrators are increasingly purchasing access.
A weird bug in iOS Wi-Fi.
An Early Preview of Windows 11.
The Security Now! Podcast has found a new purpose...
SpinRite.
Avaddon Ransonomics.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-824-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:
expressvpn.com/securitynow
Melissa.com/twit
2 hr 10 min
June 15, 2021SN 823: TLS Confusion Attacks - TikTok Privacy, iOS 14.5 Tracking Permission, Industry-Wide Patch Tuesday
Picture of the week.
Being #1 is a mixed blessing.
Industry wide patch Tuesday.
TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users' Biometric Data.
iOS 14.5 requires apps to obtain explicit tracking permission.
The ANOM sting operation.
"Windows 10" — the last Windows ever?
Project Hail Mary.
SpinRite: The Curious Data Recovery Adventure.
TLS Confusion Attacks.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-823-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:
wwt.com/twit
extrahop.com/SECURITYNOW
barracuda.com/securitynow
2 hr 20 min

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