SN 1007: AI Training & Inference - Unencrypted Email, Doom Captcha

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

The consequences of Internet content restriction.
The measured risks of 3rd-party browser extensions.
The consequences of SonicWall's unpatched 9.8 firewall severity.
The incredible number of still-unencrypted email servers.
SonicWall vulnerability patching
Shadowserver Foundation & eMail Encryption
Salt Typhoon Evicted
HIPAA gets a long-needed cybersecurity upgrade.
The EU standardizes on USB-C for power charging. What?
Believe it or not, a CATCHA you solve by playing DOOM.
And... what I learned from three weeks of study of AI

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1007-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. This week, a revelation. There is an incredible
0:06.7	number of yet unencrypted email servers out there. You don't want it to be your provider.
0:13.0	Steve will talk about that and why it's still happening. Also, a capture that you can solve
0:19.1	by playing Doom, and then Steve gives us the results
0:23.3	of three weeks of hardcore research on how AI works. A really good, I think, insight into
0:30.6	artificial intelligence. That and more coming up next on Security Now.
0:37.3	Podcasts you love.
0:39.1	From people you trust.
0:41.8	This is Twit.
0:47.0	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson.
0:50.1	Episode 1007 recorded Tuesday, January 7th, 2025.
0:56.4	AI training and inference.
0:59.6	It's time for security now for show of a brand new year with this guy right here, Mr. Steve Gibson,
1:07.5	who did not miss his Tuesday broadcast one bit, right?
1:13.5	You're right.
1:14.3	As it turns out, working almost 24-7 around the clock on code can actually burn one out.
1:24.0	You burned out coding?
1:25.6	I got to a point where, especially when I was, okay, so I'm working
1:30.6	on the DNS benchmark. IPV6 has been fully supported now for a while. I'm now working on
1:38.0	bringing up the TLS, the secure encrypted protocols.
1:46.9	And the problem was... These are all new features, right?
1:49.0	Yeah, this is all new.
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