SN 763: The COVID Effect




Security Now (Audio) show

Summary: <p>Zoom Fixes Security, EARN IT is Evil, Tor in Trouble</p><ul> <li>Zoom gets big-name help with security fixes</li> <li>Google updates Chrome to v81.0.4044.113 to squash a critical flaw</li> <li>FTP in Chrome lives another day! Google "undepreciates" FTP.</li> <li>Windows Patch Tuesday for April 2020 fixes 113 vulnerabilities</li> <li>"Basic Authentication" lives another day! Due to COVID-19, Microsoft and Google will keep "Basic Authentication" around for a little while longer</li> <li>EARN IT Act: call your Senator before it is too late!</li> <li>Tor Project fires over 1/3 of its staff</li> <li>Cloudflare dumps Google's reCAPTCHA</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our show notes at <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-763-Notes.pdf">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-763-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://extrahop.com/TWIT">extrahop.com/TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://WWT.COM/TWIT">WWT.COM/TWIT</a></li> </ul>