Security Now 776: A Tale of Two Counterfeits




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Summary: <ul> <li>Here's how Twitter was hacked. How can we prevent the next Twitter hack?</li> <li>Cloudflare outage takes out huge swath of American internet, including Down Detector. All internet got sent to Atlanta.</li> <li>Zoom's vanity URL flaw: when is a "zero day" not a zero day?</li> <li>Not all VPNs are created equal.</li> <li>Apple updated its iOS and macOS with a handful of useful security patches.</li> <li>SigRed: "This is not just another vulnerability."</li> <li>And speaking of last week's July Patch Tuesday...</li> <li>"Firefox Send" is still not receiving.</li> <li>A tale of two counterfeits.</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our show notes at <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-776-Notes.pdf">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-776-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://WWT.COM/TWIT">WWT.COM/TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://OpenShift.com/SecurityNow">OpenShift.com/SecurityNow</a></li> <li><a href="http://Wasabi.com">Wasabi.com offer code SECURITYNOW</a></li> </ul>