technology
SN 1051: Amazon sues Perplexity - Nevada's Ransomware Comeback
Amazon is taking Perplexity AI to court over its agentic browser that shops on your behalf, raising urgent questions about who controls your online buying experience when bots do the heavy lifting. FFmpeg teaching assembly language for performance. The state of Nevada recovers after not paying ranso...
SN 1050: Here Come the AI Browsers - Scareware Blockers
AI-powered web browsers are hitting the scene fast, but Steve and Leo unpack why these smart assistants could usher in an era of security chaos most users aren't ready for. Brace yourself for the wild risks, real-world scams, and the privacy questions no one else is asking. Secret radios discovered ...
SN 1049: DNS Cache Poisoning Returns - Ransomware Payments Plummet
Just when you thought DNS cache poisoning was a thing of the past, Steve and Leo reveal why this 17-year-old bug is making a dramatic comeback—and why most DNS resolvers still can't manage high-quality random numbers after all this time. The unsuspected sucking power of a Linux-based robot vacuum. R...
SN 1048: Mic-E-Mouse - AWS Goes Down Hard
Think your mouse is harmless? Steve and Leo uncover how modern optical mice might be secretly "listening" in, and reveal why satellite data pouring down on us is almost entirely unsecured. The long awaited lawsuit to block Texas SB2420. Embattled Texas SB2420 also impacts Google Play. At long last, ...
SN 1047: RediShell's CVSS 10.0 - The Rise of Mega Botnets
Texas is on the brink of forcing Apple and Google to overhaul app downloads with strict age verification laws—are tech giants ready, or is your privacy about to get caught in the crossfire? The EU aborted their Chat Control vote knowing it would fail. Salesforce says it's not going to pay; customer ...
SN 1046: Google's Developer Registration Decree - The End of Free Android Apps?
Google's new demand for developer registration could spell the end for open-source app stores, while Europe's controversial chat control vote threatens privacy for everyone—Steve and Leo break down what's at stake for devs and users alike. Qantas says no one can releak their stolen data. Brave's usa...
SN 1045: News and Listener Views - 2.3 Million Cisco Devices Exposed
Cisco's routers just exposed more than two million networks thanks to a "security optional" SNMP setup that's being actively exploited—Steve and Leo break down why this is a worst-case scenario for the industry and how easily it could have been avoided. Gmail's spam filtering false-positive spree. i...
SN 1044: The EU's Online Age Verification - Consumer Reports vs. Microsoft
Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's En...
SN 1043: Memory Integrity Enforcement - Crypto ATM Scam Epidemic
Apple just rewrote the rules of device security with a chip-level upgrade that could wipe out most iPhone vulnerabilities overnight. Find out how "memory integrity enforcement" aims to make exploits a thing of the past—and why it took half a decade to pull off. Are Bitcoin ATMs anything more than sc...
SN 1042: Letters of Marque - 1.1.1.1 Certificate Snafu
Is the U.S. on the verge of legalizing "hack back" missions, turning private companies into sanctioned cyber warriors? Steve and Leo unpack Google's plan for a cyber disruption unit and why the lines between defense and digital retaliation are suddenly blurring. My experience with 'X' vs email. Goog...
SN 1041: Covering All the Bases - SHAKEN Networks, Uncontrollable AI, and Robocall Reckoning
When even the Department of Defense can't properly vet its software dependencies, what chance do the rest of us have? Steve Gibson reveals how "fast-glob" became a case study in supply chain blindness, explores whether AI can ever truly be controlled after Meta's celebrity chatbot disaster, and cele...
SN 1040: Clickjacking "Whac-A-Mole" - Inside the Password Manager Clickjacking Frenzy and What It Means
Alarm bells are ringing over a supposed browser zero-day, but is the threat as bad as it sounds? Steve reveals why "clickjacking" might be more whac-a-mole than breaking news, and what that really means for your passwords. • Germany may soon outlaw ad blockers • What's happening in the courts over A...
SN 1039: The Sad Case of ScriptCase - Data Brokers Dodge Deletion
What AI website summaries mean for Internet economics. Time to urgently update Plex Servers (again). Allianz Life stolen data gets leaked. Chrome test Incognito-mode fingerprint script blocking. Chrome 140 additions coming in 2 weeks. Data brokers hide opt-out pages from search engines. Secure messa...
SN 1038: Perplexity's Duplicity - Malicious Repository Libraries
CISA's Emergency Directive to ALL Federal agencies re: SharePoint. NVIDIA firmly says "no" to any embedded chip gimmicks. Dashlane is terminating its (totally unusable) free tier. Malicious repository libraries are becoming even more hostile. The best web filter (uBlock Origin) comes to Safari. The ...
SN 1037: Chinese Participation in MAPP - Why Signal is Leaving Australia
A follow-up to the SharePoint server patch mess. How Russia arranges to spy on other country's local embassies. "Dropbox Passwords" manager app is ending in October. Signal will leave Australia rather than help spy. YouTube deploys viewing history age-estimation heuristics. Chrome adds clever lightw...
SN 1036: Inside the SharePoint 0-day - Is Our Data Safe Anywhere?
Brave randomizes its fingerprints. The next Brave will block Microsoft Recall by default. Clorox sues its IT provider for $380 million in damages. 6-month Win10 ESU offers are beginning to appear. Warfare has significantly become cyber. Allianz Life loses control of 125 million customers' data. The ...
SN 1035: Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Outage - Bypassing Passkey Protections
Bypassing all passkey protections. The ransomware attacks just keep on coming. Cloudflare capitulates to the MPA and starts blocking. The need for online age verification is exploding. Microsoft really wants Exchange Servers to subscribe. Russia (further) clamps down on Internet usage. The global tr...
SN 1034: Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Proofs - Taking Down Quantum Factorization
A glorious takedown of quantum factorization. Notepad++ signs its own code signing certificate. Dennis Taylor has Bobiverse Book 6 on his lap. Crypto/ATM machines flat out outlawed. Signal vs WhatsApp: Encryption in flight and at rest. A close look at browser fingerprinting metrics. Rewriting interp...
SN 1033: Going on the Offensive - The Digital Arms Race
Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces. Win11 to delete restore points more quickly. The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure. The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adoption. Russia to create a massive IMEI database. Canada and the UK create the "Common Good Cyber Fund". U.S....
SN 1032: Pervasive Web Fingerprinting - How Websites Tracks You Despite Cookie Blocks
• Let's Encrypt drops its long-running email notifications. • Microsoft's new "Unexpected Restart Experience". • Microsoft's response to last year's massive CrowdStrike outage. • Windows 10's extended service updates will sort of be free. • Russia-sold iPhones MUST include the RuStore app. • Lyon, i...