SN 1017: Is YOUR System Vulnerable to RowHammer? - Telegram's Crypto, Twitter Outage, FBI Warning

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 174 minutes

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Summary

An analysis of Telegram Messenger's crypto.
A beautiful statement of the goal of modern crypto design.
Who was behind Twitter's recent outage trouble?
An embedded Firefox root certificate expired. Who was surprised?
AI-generated Github repos, voice cloning, Patch Tuesday and an Apple 0-day.
The FBI warns of another novel attack vector that's seeing a lot of action.
Google weighs in on the Age Verification controversy.
In a vacuum, Kazakhstan comes up with their own solution.
Was Google also served an order from the UK? Can they say?
A serious PHP vulnerability you need to know you don't have.
A bunch of great listener feedback, some Sci-Fi content reviews and...
A new tool allows YOU to test YOUR PCs for their RowHammer susceptibility

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1017-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. Some really interesting topics.
0:05.2	We've always wondered about the cryptography used in telegrams Messenger.
0:09.6	Well, now we know what we thought. It's not very good.
0:14.1	We'll also talk about, did Ukraine really attack X.com?
0:19.6	Why your Firefox might have said, hey, you've got to update us and then we'll
0:24.1	take a look at testing your PC for one of the worst flaws ever rohammer and how you can do it as a way
0:31.9	of kind of giving back plus we're going to get you some great listener feedback and some sci-fi
0:37.1	recommendations as well from the great Steve Gibson.
0:40.4	Next on Security Now.
0:44.6	Podcasts you love.
0:46.3	From people you trust.
0:48.8	This is Twitter.
0:54.4	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson.
0:57.1	Episode 1,017, recorded Tuesday, March 18th, 2025.
1:02.7	Is your system vulnerable to Roehammer?
1:06.1	It's time for security now.
1:08.0	Yes, the show you wait all week for.
1:10.7	Our man of the hour, Steve Gibson is here to
1:13.2	fill us in on everything that's going on. What are you covering your mouth for? So I don't talk over
1:18.7	you. Oh, you're doing your intro. You know, I don't that, you know, talk over me all you want. People
1:24.3	are not here for me. They're here for you, Mr. G. So they're going to get a lot of
1:29.1	that. We got a, I think, a really interesting episode. Some researchers, I forgot where they are.
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