SN 674: Attacking Bluetooth Pairing




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Summary: <p>This week we examine still another new Spectre processor speculation attack, we look at the new "Death Botnet", the security of the US DoD websites, lots of Google Chrome news, a push by the US Senate toward more security, the emergence and threat of clone websites in other TLDs, more cryptocurrency mining bans, Google's Titan hardware security dongles, and we finish by examining the recently discovered flaw in the Bluetooth protocol which has device manufacturers and OS makers scrambling. (But do they really need to?)</p> <p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/SN/SN-674-Notes.pdf">show notes</a>.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell">Jason Howell</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/security-now">https://twit.tv/shows/security-now</a>.</p> <p>You can submit a question to Security Now! at the <a href="https://www.grc.com/feedback.htm" target="_blank">GRC Feedback Page</a>.</p> <p>For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: <a href="https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" target="_blank">grc.com</a>, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written <a href="https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" target="_blank">Spinrite 6</a>.</p> <p>Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://moogsoft.com">Moogsoft.com </a></li> </ul>