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SN 1018: The Quantum Threat - ESP32 Backdoor Update, RCS E2EE

Security Now - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:42pm
  • The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
  • Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
  • A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
  • A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
  • A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
  • Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
  • RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).
  • How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?
  • Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.
  • Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!
  • The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"
  • AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?
  • Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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SN 1017: Is YOUR System Vulnerable to RowHammer? - Telegram's Crypto, Twitter Outage, FBI Warning

Security Now - Tue, 03/18/2025 - 10:38pm
  • An analysis of Telegram Messenger's crypto.
  • A beautiful statement of the goal of modern crypto design.
  • Who was behind Twitter's recent outage trouble?
  • An embedded Firefox root certificate expired. Who was surprised?
  • AI-generated Github repos, voice cloning, Patch Tuesday and an Apple 0-day.
  • The FBI warns of another novel attack vector that's seeing a lot of action.
  • Google weighs in on the Age Verification controversy.
  • In a vacuum, Kazakhstan comes up with their own solution.
  • Was Google also served an order from the UK? Can they say?
  • A serious PHP vulnerability you need to know you don't have.
  • A bunch of great listener feedback, some Sci-Fi content reviews and...
  • A new tool allows YOU to test YOUR PCs for their RowHammer susceptibility

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1017-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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SN 1016: The Bluetooth Backdoor - North Korean Texans, Apple Pushes Back

Security Now - Tue, 03/11/2025 - 10:59pm
  • Utah passes age verification requirement for app stores.
  • The inside story on fake North Korean employees. Is that a Texas accent?
  • An update on the ongoing Bybit cryptoheist saga.
  • The industry may be making some changes in the wake of the Bybit attack.
  • Apple pushes back legally against the UK's secret order.
  • Did someone crack Passkeys?
  • The UK launches a legal salvo at an innocent security researcher.
  • The old data breach we witnessed that just keeps on giving.
  • A bit more Bybit postmortem forensic news.
  • A lesson to learn from a clever and effective ransomware attack.
  • And what about that Bluetooth Backdoor discovery everyone is talking about?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1016-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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SN 1015: Spatial-Domain Wireless Jamming - Firefox Privacy Policy, Signal Leaving Sweden?

Security Now - Tue, 03/04/2025 - 10:31pm
  • Firefox amends their privacy policy -- the world melts down.
  • Signal threatens to leave Sweden.
  • Aftermath of the massive $1.5 billion Bybit ETH heist.
  • It turns out that it wasn't actually Bybit's fault.
  • "The Lazarus Bounty" monitoring and management site.
  • Mozilla's commitment to Manifest V2 (and the uBlock Origin).
  • What does the ACM's plea for memory-safe languages mean for developers?
  • What exactly are memory-safe languages?
  • Australia joins the Kaspersky ban.
  • Gmail plans to switch from SMS to QR code authentication.
  • A SpinRite success and some fun feedback.
  • An astonishing new technology for targeted radio jamming

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1015-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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