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SandboxEscaper drops another 0-day The still-not-yet-widely-exploited BlueKeep vulnerability GoldBrute Botnet pounding on RDP servers (but not yet using BlueKeep) The FBI issued an interesting advisory about not trusting secure sites just because they're secure VLC receives 33 security bug fixes Microsoft's Edge browser takes another step forward Mozilla reorganizes MUST HAVE utility of the week: DNS Query Sniffer The first formal full release of SQRL Anyone running an Exim mail server needs to update immediately! We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-718-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: WWT.COM/TWIT Atlassian.com/teams/it go.itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30

Checking in on the BlueKeep RDP vulnerability The planned shutdown of one of the most "successful" affiliate-based ransomware systems An update on the anti-Robocalling problem Russian and Chinese militaries plan to quit using Windows Apple's announcement yesterday of their forthcoming "Sign in with Apple" service The Nansh0u campaign, apparently sourced from China, has successfully compromised many tens of thousands of servers exposed to the Internet. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-717-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: securitynow.cachefly.com Jobs LastPass.com/twit

The Internet is Doomed: BlueKeep Attacks Windows Remote Desktop Protocol Google Stores Unhashed G Suite Passwords Sandbox Escaper Drops FIVE New Zero-Day Exploits Microsoft's Just-released Win10 Feature Update 1903 Security Enhancements in Firefox's Release 67 We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-716-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO expressvpn.com/securitynow Atlassian.com/teams/it

This Week's Stories The next round of Intel processor information leakage problems: Microarchitectural Data Sampling vulnerabilities Last Tuesday's patches from Microsoft, Adobe and Apple includes one for Windows XP Security problem for Cisco that ever has stock analysts taking notice Ongoing troubles with the cryptocurrency market Trouble with Google's Titan Bluetooth dongle Another monthly problem with Windows 10 updates We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-715-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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 WordPress.com/securitynow pulseway.com/twit

This Week's Stories Update WhatsApp NOW! Security News from Google I/O 2019 conference A new exploitable flaw in all Linux kernels earlier than v5.0.8 A new set of flaws affecting all Intel processors known as "ZombieLoad" Security enhancements in Android Q. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-714-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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.itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30 FreshBooks.com/securitynow Atlassian.com/teams/it

This Week's Stories The continuing and changing world of cryptojacking after Coinhive closed their doors last month. Google's announcement of self-expiring data retention The mess arising from Mozilla's intermediate certificate expiration Another wrinkle in the exploit marketplace Mozilla's announcement about deliberate code obfuscation A hacker who hacked at least 29 other botnet hackers A warning about a very popular D-Link netcam Who's paying and who's receiving bug bounties by country Another User-Agent gotcha with Google Docs A problem with Google Earth on the new Chromium-Edge browser A bit more about Edge's future just dropped at the start of Microsoft's Build 2019 conference. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-713-Notes.pdf Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow LastPass.com/twit securitynow.cachefly.com

The large and emerging threat of website credential stuffing attacks. Privacy fallout from our recent coverage of Facebook and Google The uptake rate of recent Windows 10 feature releases The source of the A/V troubles with the April patch Tuesday updates The NIST's formal fuzzing development A massive and ongoing database data leak involving more than half of all American households Windows Insiders are already finding that their systems won't update to the May 2019 feature update. United Airlines passengers have noticed and been understandably upset by seatback cameras pointing at them. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-712-Notes.pdf Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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 Wasabi.com offer code SecurityNow Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO

Top Security Stories this Week: Google uses its "sensorvault" to help catch the bad guys. Time to update Drupal again. Facebook steals users' email contact lists, logs plaintext Instagram passwords Russia moves closer to adopting "Internet Master Cutoff Switch" legislation. A reminder that "USB Killers" are a real thing. Marcus Hutchins' plea deal A new(ish) actively exploited Windows 0-day A bunch of Microsoft Edge news Windows 7 end-of-life notices Something from the "I did say this was bound to happen" department Detailed threat research from Cisco's Talos group about the leveraging of DNS espionage. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-711-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: Atlassian.com/teams/it canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT thehelm.com/SECURITYNOW

DragonBlood: the first effective attack on the new WPA3 protocol Malicious use of the URL tracking "ping" attribute The WinRAR Nightmare More 3rd-party A/V troubles with Microsoft What good did April's patch Tuesday accomplish? Adobe 's big patch Tuesday Google considering automatically blocking "high risk" downloads Russia's Roskomnadzor finally lowers the boom on Facebook The incredible Taj Mahal APT framework Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: Wasabi.com offer code SecurityNow go.itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30 WordPress.com/securitynow

This Week's Stories Yet another capitulation in the (virtually lost) battle against tracking our behavior on the Internet with URL "ping" tracking. UK government's plan to legislate, police and enforce online social media content Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser's security Improvements to Windows 10's update management News from the "spoofing biometrics" department The worrisome state of Android mobile financial apps NSA's GHIDRA software reverse engineering tool suite Perhaps the dumbest thing Facebook has done yet (and by policy, not by mistake) An important change in Win10 1809 external storage caching policy Hosts: Jason Howell and Steve Gibson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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 Atlassian.com/IT ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow

Android Security, 10 Years Later WinRAR, a 20+ Year Old Tool With 500M Users, Acknowledged Vulnerability Russian GPS Hacking and What It Means For Us Android's April Fools Day Patches Tesla Autopilot Spoofing The ASUS "ShadowHammer" Attack Windows 10 (last) October 2018 Update A VMware Update We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-708-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: LastPass.com/twit securitynow.cachefly.com FreshBooks.com/securitynow

Results of the much anticipated Mid-March Vancouver Pwn2Own competition The return of "Clippy", Microsoft's much-loathed dancing paperclip Operation "ShadowHammer" which reports say compromised ASUS (... but did it?) The ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro aluminum The surprise renaming of Windows Defender A severe bug revealed in the most popular PDF generating PHP library An early look at Microsoft's forthcoming Chromium-based web browser Hope for preventing caller ID spoofing A needed update for users of PuTTY Mozilla's decision to conditionally rely upon Windows' root store Microsoft to offer virtual Windows 7 and 10 desktops through Azure Details of the Windows 7 End of Life warning dialogue Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: Atlassian.com/IT thehelm.com/SECURITYNOW expressvpn.com/securitynow

Last week's Patch Tuesday March Madness Win7 SHA256 Windows Update... Update Many attacks leveraging the recently discovered WinRAR vulnerability What happens when Apple, Google, and GoDaddy all drop a bit? A big recent jump in Mirai Botnet Capability Compromised Counter-Strike gaming servers Privacy enhancements coming in Android Q A pair of very odd web browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox from Microsoft A VERY exciting and encouraging project to create an entirely open eVoting system Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow Sophos.com canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

0-day exploit bidding war NSA releases Ghidra v9 Firefox adds Tor privacy A pair of nasty 0-days A worrisome breach at Citrix The risk of claiming to be an unhackable aftermarket car alarm A new and interesting "Windows developers chatting with users" idea at Microsoft A semi-solution to Windows updates crashing systems Detailed news of the Marriott/Starwood breach, a bit of miscellany from SPOILER: Another new and different consequence of speculation on Intel machines. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-705-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: FreshBooks.com/securitynow Atlassian.com/IT go.itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30

The increasing feasibility of making a sustainable career out of hunting for software bugs A newly available improvement in Spectre mitigation performance and who can try it now Adobe's ColdFusion emergency and patch, More problems with A/V and self-signed certs A Docker vulnerability being exploited in the wild The end of Coinhive A new major Wireshark release A nifty web browser website screenshot hack Continuing troubles with the over-privileged Thunderbolt interface Bot-based credential stuffing attacks We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-704-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: securitynow.cachefly.com ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow LastPass.com/twit