SN 711: DNSpionage




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