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Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to protect yourself and your business. Security Now is a must listen for security professionals every week. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.
SN 966: Morris The Second - Voyager 1, The Web Turns 35
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 Passkyes 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 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: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI robinhood.com/boost GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
Mar 19
2 hr 7 min
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SN 965: Passkeys vs. 2FA - Unhelpful CERT, VMware patch, Signal 7.0 Beta
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 Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-965-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: vanta.com/SECURITYNOW joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT kolide.com/securitynow business.eset.com/twit
Mar 12
2 hr 23 min
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SN 964: PQ3 - Voyager 1's fate, Apple's post-quantum iMessage protocol
"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 Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-964-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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow
Mar 5
2 hr 12 min
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SN 963: Web portal? Yes please! - Firefox v123, LockBit Disrupted
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 Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-963-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 vanta.com/SECURITYNOW robinhood.com/boost joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Feb 27
2 hr 4 min
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SN 962: The Internet Dodged a Bullet - Wyze Breach, Patch Tuesday, KeyTrap
Wyze breach Microsoft patch Tuesday fixes 15 remote code execution flaws Why are there password restrictions? The Canadian Flipper Zero Ban Security on the old internet Using Old Passwords Passwordless login TOTP as a second factor German ISP using default router passwords Email encryption in transit pfSense Tailscale integration DuckDuckGo's email protection integration with Bitwarden The KeyTrap Vulnerability Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-962-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 kolide.com/securitynow vanta.com/SECURITYNOW GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Feb 20
2 hr 14 min
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SN 961: Bitlocker: Chipped or Cracked? - Honeypots, Toothbrush Botnet, Bitlocker Cracked
Toothbrush Botnet "There are too many damn Honeypots!" Remotely accessing your home network securely Going passwordless as an ecommerce site Facebook "old password" reminders Browsers on iOS More UPnP Issues A password for every website? "Free" accounts Keeping phones plugged in Running your own email server in 2024 iOS app sizes SpinRite 6.1 running on an iMac SpinRite update Bitlocker's encryption cracked in minutes Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-961-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 bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow robinhood.com/boost
Feb 13
2 hr 3 min
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SN 960: Unforeseen Consequences - CISA's "Secure by Design" Initiative, Fastly's BoringSSL
CISA's "Secure by Design" Initiative The GNU C Library Flaw Fastly CDN switches from OpenSSL to BoringSSL Roskomnadzor asserts itself Google updates Android's Password Manager Firefox gets post-quantum crypto Get your TOTP tokens from LastPass Inflated iOS app data LearnDMARC Sync mobile app bug SpinRite and Windows Defender Crypto signing camera Analog hole in digital camera authentication iOS and Google's Topics The gathering of the Stephvens Programmable Logic Controllers SpinRite update Malware-infected Toothbrush The Unforeseen Consequences of Google's 3rd-party Cookie Cutoff Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-960-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: Melissa.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
Feb 6
2 hr 4 min
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SN 959: Stamos on "Microsoft Security" - HP Printer Bricking, Mercedes Benz Source Code
iOS to allow native Chromium and Firefox engines. An OS immune to ransomware? HP back in the doghouse over "anti-virus" printer bricking The mother of all breaches New "Thou shall not delete those chats" rules Fewer ransoms are being paid Verified Camera Images More on the $15/month flashlight app What happens when apps change publishers Microsoft hating on Firefox Credit Karma is storing 1GB of data on the iPhone Staying on Windows 7 Sci-Fi recommendations Windows 7 and HSTS sites TOTP codes/secrets and Bitwarden SpinRite on Mac SpinRite v6.1 is done! LearnDMARC.com Alex Stamos on "Microsoft Security" Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-959-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: expressvpn.com/securitynow panoptica.app kolide.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
Jan 30
2 hr 17 min
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SN 958: A Week of News and Listener Views - HSS Breach, CISA's Policing Results
Microsoft's Top Execs' Emails Breached in Sophisticated Russia-Linked APT Attack US Health and Human Services Breached Firefox vs "The Competition" Brave reduces its anti-fingerprinting protections CISA's proactive policing results one year later Longer Life For Samsung Updates Google Incognito Mode "Misunderstanding" Show Doc Not showing images on iOS Safari Generated AI Media Authentication Which computer languages to learn? Flashlight app subscription Google's Privacy Sandbox system Malware and IoT devices Protected Audience API vs. Malvertising Defensive computing Why ISPs don't do anything about DDoS attacks SpinRite Update Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-958-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: paloaltonetworks.com/ot-security-tco bitwarden.com/twit drata.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow
Jan 23
2 hr 14 min
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SN 957: The Protected Audience API - Hacked Washing Machine, Quantum Crypto Troubles
What would an IoT device look like that HAD been taken over? And speaking of DDoS attacks Trouble in the Quantum Crypto world The Browser Monoculture Question about the Apple backdoor Getting into infosec proton drive vs sync SpinRite update The Protected Audience API Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-957-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: meraki.cisco.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow lookout.com bitwarden.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Jan 16
1 hr 45 min
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