Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understandi...
SN 1013: Chrome Web Store is a mess - Apple Encryption in the UK, Texas Vs. DeepSeek
US lawmakers respond to the UK's outrageous demand about Apple's encryption.
What, exactly, is a "backdoor", and can a "backdoor" NOT be secret?
Highlights from last week's Windows' Patch Tuesday.
A look into RansomHub: The latest king of the Ransomware hill.
"TOAD": Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery.
The state of Texas -versus- DeepSeek.
Disabling Apple's "Restricted Mode".
Where did I put that $800 million in Bitcoin?
A Sci-Fi author update.
And a deep dive into the misoperation of Chrome's critically important Web Extension Store
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1013-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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2:31:28
SN 1012: Hiding School Cyberattacks - SparkCat, Decrypting ADP, AI Fuzzing
New "SparkCat" secret-stealing AI image scanner discovered in App and Play stores.
The UK demands that Apple does the impossible: decrypting ADP cloud data.
France moves forward on legislation to require backdoors to encryption.
Firefox moves to 135 with a bunch of useful new features.
The Five Eyes alliance publishes edge-device security guidance.
Six NetGear routers contain CVSS 9.6 and 9.8 vulnerabilities.
Sysinternals utilities allow malicious Windows DLL injection.
Google removes restrictive do-gooder language from AI application policies.
"AI Fuzzing" successfully jailbreaks the most powerful ChatGPT o3 model.
Examining the well and deliberately hidden truth behind ransomware cyberattacks on U.S. K-12 schools
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1012-Notes.pdf
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2:41:26
SN 1011: Jailbreaking AI - Deepseek, "ROUTERS" Act, Zyxel Vulnerability
Why was DeepSeek banned by Italian authorities?
What internal proprietary DeepSeek data was found online?
What is "DeepSeek" anyway? Why do we care, and what does it mean?
Did Microsoft just make OpenAI's strong model available for free?
Google explains how generative AI can be and is being misused.
An actively exploited and unpatched Zyxel router vulnerability.
The new US "ROUTERS" Act.
Is pirate-site blocking legislation justified or is it censorship?
Russia's blocked website count tops 400,000.
Microsoft adds "scareware" warnings to Edge.
Bitwarden improves account security.
What's still my favorite disk imaging tool?
And let's take a close look into the extraction of proscribed knowledge from today's AI
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1011-Notes.pdf
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3:01:18
SN 1010: DNS Over TLS - Record DDoS, Hackers Get Hacked
eM Client CAN be purchased outright.
An astonishing 5-year-old typo in MasterCard's DNS.
An unwelcome surprise received by 18,459 low-level hackers.
DDoS attacks continue growing, seemingly without any end in sight.
Let's Encrypt clarifies their plans for 6-day "we barely knew you" certificates.
SpinRite uncovers a bad brand new 8TB drive.
Listener feedback about TOTP, Syncthing and UDP hole punching, email spam, ValiDrive speed, AI neural nets, DJI geofencing, and advertising in the "New" Outlook.
A look into the tradeoffs required to obtain privacy for our DNS lookups
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1010-Notes.pdf
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SN 1009: Attacking TOTP - Force-Installed Outlook, DJI Firmware Update
What do we learn from January's record breaking 0-day critical Patch Tuesday?
Microsoft to "force-install" a new Outlook into all Windows 10 and 11 desktops?
GoDaddy required to get much more serious about its hosting security.
More age verification enforcement is coming, including globally.
What another instance of a widely exposed management interface teaches us.
DJI drone's official firmware update lifts geofencing for unrestricted flight.
CISA's efforts pay off with MUCH improved critical infrastructure security.
Listener feedback about TOTP, HOTP and age-verification.
And we take a deep dive into cracking authenticator keys
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1009-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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