Security Now
SN 1024: Don't Blame Signal - The Real Story Behind the TM SGNL Breach
- Microsoft to officially abandon passwords and support their deletion.
- Meta's RayBan smart glasses weaken their privacy terms.
- 30% of Microsoft code is now being written by AI.
- Google says prying Chrome from it will damage its security.
- Nearly 1,000 six-year-old eCommerce backdoors spring to life.
- eM Client moves to version 10.3
- A bunch of terrific listener feedback creates talking points.
- A little-known, insecure message archiving service comes to light.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1024-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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SN 1023: Preventing Windows Sandbox Abuse - Microsoft Says "Don't Delete This Folder"
- Why did a mysterious empty "inetpub" directory appear after April's Patch Tuesday?
- And what new Windows Update crashing hack did this also create?
- North Korea is now creating fake US companies to lure would-be employees.
- The "Inception" attack subverts all GPT conversational AIs.
- New information about data loss in unpowered SSD mass storage.
- Lots of terrific feedback from our listeners.
- How malware has taken to hiding inside the Windows Sandbox and what you can do to stop it
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1023-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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SN 1022: The Windows Sandbox - Short-life Certs, Ransomware Payout Stats
- Enabling Firefox's Tab Grouping.
- Recalled Recall Re-Rolls out.
- The crucial CVE program nearly died. It's been given new life.
- China confesses to hacking the US (blames our stance on Taiwan).
- CISA says what Oracle still refuses to.
- Brute force attacks on the (rapid) rise.
- An AI/ML Python package rates a 9.8 (again!)
- The CA/Browser forum passed short-life certs. :(
- A wonderful crosswalk hack hits Silicon Valley.
- Android to add force restarting ahead of schedule. Maybe.
- The EFF is never happy. But especially now, about Florida.
- Interesting research into ransomware payouts.
- Windows Sandbox: The amazing gem hidden inside all Windows 10 & 11!
Show Notesb - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1022-Notes.pdf
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SN 1021: Device Bound Session Credentials - Hotpatching in Win 11, Apple vs. UK
- Android to get "Lockdown Mode".
- What's in the new editions of Chrome and Firefox?
- Why did Apple silently re-enable automatic updates?
- My new iPhone 16, Chinese tariffs and electronics.
- Dynamic "hotpatching" coming to Win11 Enterprise & Edu.
- Why is it so difficult for Oracle to fess up?
- Another multi-year breach inside US Treasury.
- An Apple -vs- the UK update.
- "Thundermail" (Can't someone come up with a better name?)
- The (in)Security of Programmable Logic Controllers.
- When LLM's write code and hallucinate non-existent packages.
- Wordpress core security and PHP gets an important audit.
- Device-Bound Session Credentials update session cookie technology
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1021-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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