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