SN 1048: Mic-E-Mouse - AWS Goes Down Hard

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 170 minutes

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Summary

Think your mouse is harmless? Steve and Leo uncover how modern optical mice might be secretly "listening" in, and reveal why satellite data pouring down on us is almost entirely unsecured.

The long awaited lawsuit to block Texas SB2420.
Embattled Texas SB2420 also impacts Google Play.
At long last, NIST modernizes their password policy.
Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters demise was exaggerated.
China claims that the NSA has been hacking them.
Half of all geosynchronous satellite traffic is unencrypted.
The AWS outage highlights the rising risk of Internet monoculture.
A terrific collection of listener feedback and...
Could your PC's mousehave much bigger ears than you know?

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. We're going to talk about a lawsuit
0:05.4	who's aiming to block the new Texas Age verification law. NIST finally gives up on its
0:13.6	password policy, its long discredited password policy, the AWS outage, what caused it and what happened? And then, is your mouse
0:24.2	listening to you? It might be. That's coming up next on Security Now.
0:32.1	Podcasts you love. From people you trust this is twit this is security now with Steve Gibson episode
0:46.3	one thousand forty eight recorded Tuesday October 21st 2025 mike e mouse it's time for security now. I know you wait all week for this fabulous
0:59.3	show, the show where we cover the latest in security news, technology information, hacking,
1:06.6	sci-fi, anything Steve Gibson's into, we're into, right? Steve Gibson.
1:12.0	We do try, Leo, my friend, to stay on topic because I recognize there's, you know,
1:20.0	that's mostly security stuff, privacy, technology stuff is mostly what people come back for
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