SN 957: The Protected Audience API - Hacked Washing Machine, Quantum Crypto Troubles

01/16/24 • 105 min

Security Now (Audio)

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

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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.

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Previous Episode

SN 956: The Inside Tracks - 23andME Mess, Ukraine Telecom Hack, LastPass

More on Apple's hardware backdoor
Russian Hacking of Ukranian cameras
Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months
Things are still a mess at 23andMe
CoinsPaid was the victim of another cyberattack
Crypto Hacking in 2023
Mandiant Twitter scam
Defining "cyber warfare"
LastPass is making some changes
Windows Watch
Google settles $5 billion lawsuit
Return Oriented Programming
Shutting Down Edge
Root Certificates
Credit freezing
SpinRite Update

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-956-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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.

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Next Episode

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.

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