SN 1000: One Thousand - Windows Server 2025, Malicious Python Typos

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Leo Laporte

Cyber Crime, Malware, Technology, Encryption, Steve Gibson, Security, Hacking, Twit, Spyware, Leo Laporte

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

Bitwarden reaffirms it's commitment to open source.
The rights of German security researchers are clarified.
Australia to impose age limits on social media.
Free Windows Server 2025 anyone?
UAC wasn't getting in the way enough, so they're fixing that.
"From Russia with fines" -- obey or else.
South Korea fines Meta over serious user privacy violations.
Synology's (very) critical zero-click RCE flaw.
Malicious Python packages invoked by typos.
Google to enforce full MFA for all cloud service users.
Mozilla Foundation lays off 30%? Is Firefox safe?
Some feedback from Dave's Garage (https://grc.sc/dave)
GRC email
CTL: AI Debugging
CTL: Chat GPT vs YouTube Shorts
CTL: Update on the "Train Tracks" Pic of the Week
CTL: DNS Benchmark compatibility
CTL: The accuracy of AI
CTL: Exposing NAS to the Internet
CTL: Congrats on 1000!

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1000-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	It's time for security now.
0:01.3	Yes, our 1,000th episode.
0:03.9	We're going to look back a little bit as to how this show got started.
0:08.0	We also have the latest news, including good news for our sponsor, Bitwarden.
0:13.3	They are still open source.
0:15.2	How Microsoft is fixing user access control and Synology's very serious zero-click RCE flaw.
0:25.3	All that and a lot more coming up next on our 1,000th episode of Security Now.
0:32.7	Podcasts you love.
0:34.7	From people you trust.
0:37.2	This is Twitter. this is security now with
0:44.5	Steve Gibson episode 1,000 recorded Tuesday November 12th 2024 1,000 it's time for security now episode.
0:57.7	They said it would never happen.
1:00.5	One thousand, ladies and gentlemen.
1:02.8	Actually, some people did say it would never happen.
1:05.5	That would be me.
1:06.9	I said it would never happen.
1:08.5	We've convinced Steve to go to four digits as we continue on in what is now almost our 20th year of talking about security flaws, privacy breaches, how to stay safe online, and just as important how things actually work.
1:24.3	Steve's a master of that.
1:25.4	Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Steve Gibson.
1:29.4	Nice to see you from my alternative location because the roof is being changed on my normal
1:35.9	location. And it sounded like they were like walking right on top of my head this morning. And I thought,
1:42.0	well, you know, that's not going to fly. You could say, though,
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