GCHQ: No more default passwords for consumer IoT devices!
What happened with Chrome and 3rd-party cookies?
Race conditions and multi-threading
GM "accidentally" enrolled millions into "OnStar Smart Driver +" program
Steve recommends Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga"
SpinRite update
Passkeys: A Shattered Dream?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-972-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Apr 30
2 hr 11 min
What do you call "Stuxnet on steroids"??
Voyager 1 update
Android 15 to quarantine apps
Thunderbird & Microsoft Exchange
China bans Western encrypted messaging apps
Gentoo says "no" to AI
Cars collecting diving data
Freezing your credit
Investopedia
Computer Science Abstractions
Lazy People vs. Secure Systems
Actalis issues free S/MIME certificates
PIN Encryption
DRAM and GhostRace
AT&T Phishing Scam
Race Conditions and Multi-core processors
An Alternative to the Current Credit System
SpinRite Updates
Chat (out of) Control
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Apr 23
2 hr 15 min
An update on the AT&T data breach
340,000 social security numbers leaked
Cookie Notice Compliance
The GDPR does enforce some transparency
Physical router buttons
Wifi enabled button pressers
Netsecfish disclosure of Dlink NAS vulnerability
Chrome bloat
SpinRite update
GhostRace
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Apr 16
1 hr 52 min
Out-of-support DLink NAS devices contain hard coded backdoor credentials
Privnote is not so "Priv"
Crowdfense is willing to pay millions
Engineers Pinpoint Cause of Voyager 1 Issue, Are Working on Solution
SpinRite Update
Minimum Viable Secure Product
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-969-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Apr 9
1 hr 51 min
A near-Universal (Local) Linux Elevation of Privilege vulnerability
TechCrunch informed AT&T of a 5 year old data breach
Signal to get very useful cloud backups
Telegram to allow restricted incoming
HP exits Russia ahead of schedule
Advertisers are heavier users of Ad Blockers than average Americans!
The Google Incognito Mode Lawsuit
Canonical fights malicious Ubuntu store apps
Spinrite update
A Cautionary Tale
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-968-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Apr 2
1 hr 45 min
Apple vs U.S. DOJ
G.M.'s Unbelievably Horrible Driver Data Sharing Ends
Super Sushi Samurai
Apple has effectively abandoned HomeKit Secure Routers
The forthcoming ".INTERNAL" TLD
The United Nations vs AI.
Telegram now blocked throughout Spain
Vancouver Pwn2Own 2024
China warns of incoming hacks
Annual Tax Season Phishing Deluge
SpinRite update
Authentication without a phone
Are Passkeys quantum safe?
GoFetch: The Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chips
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-967-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Mar 26
2 hr 1 min
Voyager 1 update
The Web turned 35 and Dad is disappointed
Automakers sharing driving data with insurance companies
A flaw in Passkey thinking
Passkeys vs 2fa
Sharing accounts with Passkeys
Passkeys vs. Passwords/MFA
Workaround to sites that block anonymous email addresses
Open Bounty programs on HackerOne
Steve on Twitter
Ways to disclose bugs publicly
Security by obscurity
Something you have/know/are vs Passkeys
Passkeys vs TOTP
Inspecting Chrome extensions
Passkey transportability
Morris the Second
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-966-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent
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Mar 19
2 hr 8 min
VMware needs immediate patching
Midnight Blizzard still on the offensive
China is quietly "de-American'ing" their networks
Signal Version 7.0, now in beta
Meta, WhatsApp, and Messenger -meets- the EU's DMA
The Change Healthcare cyberattack
SpinRite update
Telegram's end-to-end encryption
KepassXC now supports passkeys
Login accelerators
Sites start rejecting @duck.com emails
Tool to detect chrome extensions change owners
Sortest SN title
Passkeys vs 2FA
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent
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Mar 12
2 hr 23 min
"Death, Lonely Death" by Doug Muir, about the decades-old Voyager 1 explorer
Cory Doctorow's Visions of the Future Humble Book Bundle
CTRL-K shortcut for search on a browser
Direct bootable image downloading for GRC's servers
Closing the loop on compromised emails
Taco Bell's passwordless app
A solution for Bcrypt's password length limit of 72 bytes
Data as the missing piece for law enforcement and privacy advocates
The token solution for email-only login
Apple's Password Manager Resources on Github
The risk of long-term persistent cookies in browsers
Why mainframe industries still require weak passwords
A conundrum involving an exploitable Response Header error and a bounty payment.
An inspection of Apple's new Post-Quantum Encryption upgrade
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Mar 5
2 hr 12 min
Nevada attempts to block Meta's end-to-end encryption for minors.
A survey of security breaches
Edge's Super-Duper Secure Mode moves into Chrome
DoorDash dashes our privacy
Avast charged $16.5 million for selling user browsing data
No charge for extra logging!
European Parliament's IT service has found traces of spyware on the smartphones of its security and defense subcommittee members
LockBit RaaS group disrupted
Firefox v123
The ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass
SpinRite update
Introducing BootAble
Cox moving to Yahoo Mail for users
Credit Card security
Exploiting password complexity reqirements?
Email only logins
Flipper Zero in Canada
German Router security
More Flipper Zero in Canada
Throwaway email addresses
Shared email accounts
Password quality enforcement
Fingerprint tech and some future stories
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Feb 27
2 hr 4 min