SN 1016: The Bluetooth Backdoor - North Korean Texans, Apple Pushes Back

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 177 minutes

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Summary

Utah passes age verification requirement for app stores.
The inside story on fake North Korean employees. Is that a Texas accent?
An update on the ongoing Bybit cryptoheist saga.
The industry may be making some changes in the wake of the Bybit attack.
Apple pushes back legally against the UK's secret order.
Did someone crack Passkeys?
The UK launches a legal salvo at an innocent security researcher.
The old data breach we witnessed that just keeps on giving.
A bit more Bybit postmortem forensic news.
A lesson to learn from a clever and effective ransomware attack.
And what about that Bluetooth Backdoor discovery everyone is talking about?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1016-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	It's time for Security Now. Steve Gibson is here. He has a remarkably good solution to the age verification conundrum.
0:08.1	A fantastic story about a fake employee coming from North Korea. And then we'll talk about the Bluetooth back door.
0:18.6	It got a lot of press. But is it really a problem?
0:22.7	All of that coming up and a lot more on Security Now.
0:25.2	Next.
0:28.2	Podcasts you love.
0:29.9	From people you trust.
0:32.4	This is Twit.
0:37.8	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson.
0:40.7	Episode 1,016, recorded Tuesday, March 11th, 2025.
0:46.3	The Bluetooth backdoor?
0:49.0	It's time for security now.
0:50.5	I know you've been waiting all week.
0:52.3	Here we are, Tuesday, and the latest security news is here
0:55.9	with Mr. Steve Gibson, the king of the hill when it comes to this stuff. Hi, Steve.
1:02.5	Hey, Leo, it's great to be with you again. March 11th and episode 1016. And I was a little
1:10.0	jealous of hearing you talk about the 20th anniversary upcoming for
1:14.6	Twit.
1:15.3	April 13th will be our 20th year of Twits.
1:18.8	Yep.
1:19.0	And so you did that for a few months before you said, hey, Gibson.
1:23.5	Yeah, your 20th's coming up.
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