SN 743: Android “StrandHogg”




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Summary: <p>This Week's Stories</p><ul> <li>Everyone can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free with this trick</li> <li>HP SSDs fail after 32768 hours</li> <li>The EU is not happy about a possible US encryption ban</li> <li>US government's formal permission to hack</li> <li>110 nursing homes have been crippled by a ransomware attack</li> <li>Firefox is seriously pushing back on tracking signal leakage</li> <li>New problems with Windows DLLs</li> <li>The StrandHogg vulnerability</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our show notes at <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-743-Notes.pdf">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-743-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://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="https://securitynow.cachefly.com">securitynow.cachefly.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://Melissa.com/twit">Melissa.com/twit</a></li> </ul>