SN 690: Are Passwords Immortal?




Security Now (Audio) show

Summary: <ul> <li>All the action at last week's Pwn2Own Mobile hacking contest</li> <li>The final word on processor mis-design in the Meltdown/Spectre era</li> <li>A workable solution for unsupported Intel firmware upgrades for hostile environments</li> <li>A forthcoming Firefox breach alert feature</li> <li>The expected takeover of exposed Docker-offering servershe recently announced successor to recently ratified HTTP/2</li> <li>1.1.1.1 errata</li> <li>The future of passwords: a thoughtful article written by Troy Hunt, the creator of the popular "Have I Been Pwned" web service</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/SN/SN-690-Notes.pdf">show notes</a>.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</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><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://RocketMortgage.com/SecurityNow">RocketMortgage.com/SecurityNow</a></li> <li><a href="http://ITPro.TV/securitynow">ITPro.TV/securitynow - use code: SN30</a></li> <li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/securitynow">expressvpn.com/securitynow</a></li> </ul>