Dec 5th 2023
Security Now 951
Revisiting Browser Trust
Hosted by
Steve Gibson,
Leo Laporte
ICANN RDRS, Beeper Mini, TikTok ban, .meme TLD
Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.
- How masked domain owners can be unmasked through ICANN's new Registration Data Request Service (RDRS)
- WhatsApp's addition of Secret Code for extra privacy protection in Chat Lock
- Iranian hackers exploited default passwords in programmable logic controllers at US water facilities
- Attempt by Montana to ban TikTok statewide was stalled by a federal judge ruling
- Over 1 billion Android devices now have RCS messaging enabled
- EU Cyber Resilience Act will improve security of Internet of Things devices sold in the EU
- Black Basta ransomware group has netted over $107 million since early 2022
- Google's new .meme top-level domain allowing meme-related web properties
- CISA’s Secure by Design initiative echoes security best practices frequently recommended on the podcast
- France plans to ban use of “foreign” end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and require use of French app Olvid instead
- Concerns raised by industry experts Ivan Ristic and Ryan Hurst about EU's eIDAS 2.0 legislation undermining certificate authority trust
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-951-Notes.pdf
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