SN 1010: DNS Over TLS - Record DDoS, Hackers Get Hacked

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 161 minutes

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Summary

eM Client CAN be purchased outright.
An astonishing 5-year-old typo in MasterCard's DNS.
An unwelcome surprise received by 18,459 low-level hackers.
DDoS attacks continue growing, seemingly without any end in sight.
Let's Encrypt clarifies their plans for 6-day "we barely knew you" certificates.
SpinRite uncovers a bad brand new 8TB drive.
Listener feedback about TOTP, Syncthing and UDP hole punching, email spam, ValiDrive speed, AI neural nets, DJI geofencing, and advertising in the "New" Outlook.
A look into the tradeoffs required to obtain privacy for our DNS lookups

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1010-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. What an amazing find. A five-year-old typo in MasterCard's DNS.
0:08.2	They say, that's no problem. But is it no problem, really? Also, 18,459 script kitties get poned.
0:20.0	And then is it possible that neuronets neural nets like our own brains could
0:25.0	kind of attention could wander squirrel Steve talks about that a whole lot more next on security now
0:34.9	podcasts you love from people you trust.
0:39.6	This is Twitter.
0:45.0	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson, episode 110, recorded Tuesday, January 28th, 2025.
0:53.7	DNS over TLS.
0:56.5	It's time for security now, the show we cover the latest security news, privacy news,
1:02.8	help you protect yourself and your company with this guy right here,
1:07.7	the king of the hill, the king of security, Mr. Steve Gibson.
1:12.3	Back for episode 1010, which as we noted is binary eight. No, 10. No, 10. Whatever it is.
1:25.2	I've only been doing that for 55 years or something.
1:28.4	So, yes.
1:29.4	Binary 10.
1:30.4	10, binary 10.
1:32.1	Yes.
1:32.6	For the last episode of January.
1:36.8	Wow.
1:37.4	January 28th.
1:38.5	Here we are.
1:39.1	Where did the year go?
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