SN 1019: EU OS - Troy Hunt Phished, Ransomware List, InControl

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Leo Laporte

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

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard.
A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site.
Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access.
Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone?
Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers.
A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing?
23andMe down for the count (reminder).
A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp!
"InControl" keeps VR planes aloft.
And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. We're going to talk about how Quala Lumpur's
0:05.4	International Airport responded to a ransomware attack. I'll give you a hint. It involves whiteboards.
0:11.6	The creator of, have I been poned, just got poned. We'll read his disclosure. He handled it well,
0:20.1	I thought.
0:25.9	And then, is the EU going to switch to Linux and why that might not be such a bad idea?
0:29.0	All that coming up and a whole lot more next on security now.
0:32.9	Podcasts you love.
0:34.5	From people you trust.
0:41.2	This is Twit. This is Security Now with Steve Gibson.
0:44.2	Episode 1019 recorded Tuesday, April 1st, 2025.
0:50.4	EUOS.
0:52.2	It's time for security now, the show you look forward to all week long because
0:57.0	well, when else you're going to have a chance to get together with the wonderful Steve
1:00.4	Gibson and talk about technology and computing and security and privacy.
1:05.4	Here he is the man of the day, the man of the hour.
1:08.1	Sometimes a little AI, sometimes a little... Supplement.
1:11.6	Sometimes a little sci-fi.
1:14.5	D sprinkled on top.
1:16.2	Today, of course, is April Fool's Day.
1:18.9	Oh, oh.
1:19.8	And as you and I are in agreement that it's a dumb thing to do jokes.
1:26.5	I mean, I don't want to go over and look at the register.co.
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