How Microsoft lured the US Government into a far deeper and expensive dependency upon its cybersecurity solutions. Gmail to offer native throwaway email aliases like Apple and Mozilla. Russia to ban several additional hosting companies and give its big Internet disconnect switch another test. Russia uses a diabolical Windows flaw to attack Ukrainians. The value of old Security Now episodes. TrueCrypt's successor. Using Cloudflare's Tunnel service for remote network access. How to make a local server appear to be on a remote public IP. How to share an 'impossible to type' password with someone. How to find obscure previous references in the Security Now podcast. What are the parameters for the expected and widely anticipated next generation Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? What do those in the industry and academia expect? And is OpenAI's Sam Altman completely nuts for predicting it next year? Is it just a stock ploy? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1001-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now 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: bigid.com/securitynow joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT 1password.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
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 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 threatlocker.com for Security Now flashpoint.io lookout.com
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 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: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT 1password.com/securitynow bigid.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit
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. Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT e-e.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now 1password.com/securitynow
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: threatlocker.com for Security Now flashpoint.io lookout.com bitwarden.com/twit
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. Sponsors: 1password.com/securitynow threatlocker.com for Security Now joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
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: bitwarden.com/twit Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now flashpoint.io
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: vanta.com/SECURITYNOW bitwarden.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT threatlocker.com for Security Now
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. Sponsors: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100 canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT bigid.com/securitynow e-e.com/twit
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: threatlocker.com for Security Now joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT 1password.com/securitynow vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
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
Telegram puts End-to-End Privacy in the Crosshairs Free security logging is good for everyone CrowdStrike hemorrhaging customers Microsoft to meet privately with EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) vendors Yelp's Unhappy with Google Telegram as the hotbed for DDoSass – DDoS as a Service Chrome grows more difficult to exploit Cox Media Group's "Active Listening" has apparently not ended Cascading Bloom Filter follow-up Closing the Loop Is Telegram an encrypted app? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-990-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: bigid.com/securitynow threatlocker.com for Security Now vanta.com/SECURITYNOW joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
CrowdStrike Exec's "Most Epic Fail" Award Hardware backdoors discovered in Chinese-made key cards Counterfeit CISCO networking gear SpinRite Errata NPD breach updates from listeners Looking back at old SN episodes Cascading Bloom Filters Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-989-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: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT 1password.com/securitynow e-e.com/twit INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100
Revocation Update GRC's next experiment Patch Tuesday "The Famous Computer Café" IsBootSecure GRC Email Working through WiFi Firewalls Transferring DNS OCSP attestation vs. TLS expiration Platform key expiration National Public Data Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-988-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 vanta.com/SECURITYNOW threatlocker.com for Security Now joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Sitting Ducks DNS attack A Bad RCE in another Microsoft server SinkClose The CLFS.SYS BSoD IsBootSecure Rethinking Revocation Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-987-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: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bigid.com/securitynow vanta.com/SECURITYNOW 1password.com/securitynow
Platform Key Disclosure Firefox's 3rd-party Cookie mess The W3C Finally Weighs-in CrowdStrike Damages. GRC's Email How Revoking! Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-986-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: threatlocker.com for Security Now joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bigid.com/securitynow vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
Crowdstrike post-mortem PiDP-11 What Crowdstrike is fixing Marcus Hutchins on who is to blame Entrust's Updated Info 3rd-Party Cookie Surprise Security training firm mistakenly hires a North Korean attacker Google and 3rd party cookies Google's influence The auto industry and data brokers DNS Benchmark on Mac Platform Key Disclosure Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-985-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: lookout.com INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100 panoptica.app bitwarden.com/twit
Cellebrite unlocks Trump's would-be assassin's phone. Cisco reported on a CVSS of 10.0 Entrust drops the other shoe Google gives up on removing 3rd-party cookies Miscellany Snowflake and data warehouse applications CDK auto dealership outage Polyfill.io and resource hashes MITM Blocking Copilot Blocking incoming connections via IP CrowdStruck Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-984-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: panoptica.app canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW bigid.com/securitynow
Using Content Delivery Networks Safely The CDK Global Ransomware Attack The IRS and Entrust Polyfill.io fallout Microsoft's Behavior A Snowflake's Chance Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-983-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: vanta.com/SECURITYNOW panoptica.app lookout.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Entrust Responds Other major Certificate Authorities respond Passkey Redaction Attacks Syncing passkeys Port Knocking Fail2Ban The Polyfill.io Attack Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-982-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: lookout.com vanta.com/SECURITYNOW bitwarden.com/twit panoptica.app
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