Security Now (Audio)

SN 1040: Clickjacking "Whac-A-Mole" - Inside the Password Manager Clickjacking Frenzy and What It Means


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Alarm bells are ringing over a supposed browser zero-day, but is the threat as bad as it sounds? Steve reveals why "clickjacking" might be more whac-a-mole than breaking news, and what that really means for your passwords.

• Germany may soon outlaw ad blockers

• What's happening in the courts over AI
• The U.K. drops its demands of Apple
• New Microsoft 365 tenants being throttled
• Is Russia preparing to block Google Meet?
• Bluesky suspends its service in Mississippi
• How to throttle AI
• A tricky SSH-busting Go library
• Here comes the Linux desktop malware
• Apple just patched a doozy of a vulnerability
• A trivial Docker escape was found and fixed
• Why the recent browser 0-day clickjacking is really just whac-a-mole

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1040-notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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