Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Nov 26th 2024

Security Now 1002

Disconnected Experiences

"Nearest Neighbor" Attack, Repo Swatting, the Return of Recall

Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.
Category: Help & How To
  • What's the new “nearest neighbor” attack and how do you defend against it?
  • Let's Encrypt just turned 10. What changes has it wrought?
  • Now the Coast Guard is worried about Chinese built ship-to-shore cranes.
  • Pakistan becomes the first country to block Bluesky.
  • There's a new way to get Git repos "swatted" and removed.
  • Who's to blame for Palo Alto Networks' serious new 0-day vulnerabilities?
  • If you have any of these six D-Link VPN routers, unplug them immediately!
  • It turns out that VPN apps are against Shariah Law. Who knew?
  • The Return of Windows Recall. What are we learning now?
  • How many of today's systems remain vulnerable to last year's most popular exploits?
  • We share and respond to a bunch of terrific feedback from our listeners.
  • What are Microsoft's "Connected Experience" and why might you choose to disconnect from them?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1002-Notes.pdf

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