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Security Now (Audio)

SN 919: Forced Entry - Patch Tuesday, Google Assured Open Source Software, WhatsApp Improvements

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

  • Picture of the Week.
  • Patch Tuesday Review.
  • Risky Business News.
  • Google Assured Open Source Software.
  • WhatsApp Improvements.
  • Bad Security? Go to jail!
  • Forced Entry.

Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-919-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Jason Howell

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Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for security now with Steve Gibson. I'm Jason Howell filling in for Leo Laporte.

0:04.9

One last time, I promise you, he's going to be back next week. But we have a lot of fun talking about security news this week.

0:10.8

Google's free assured open source software service. Steve talks all about that.

0:16.4

Microsoft Patch Tuesday kind of feels like Patch Tuesday in perpetuity and in reality, that's probably exactly what it is.

0:23.8

We check in on a European psychotherapy clinic that failed to provide minimal security for their patients records and the consequences attached to doing so.

0:34.0

And Steve Gibson takes a closer look at the forced entry exploit for iPhones. It's really fascinating. That's next on Security Now.

0:44.8

Podcasts You Love.

0:46.4

From People You Trust.

0:49.2

This is Twit.

0:54.8

This is Security Now with Steve Gibson episode 919 reported Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 forced entry.

1:04.9

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1:15.1

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1:19.7

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1:26.8

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1:36.6

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1:47.5

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2:07.5

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2:12.2

It's time for security now with Steve Gibson and Leo is still not here. I'm Jason Howe sitting in for Leo, but Steve, you are always the constant on this show. We appreciate that about you.

2:26.0

Glad to be back with you, Jason. Glad you're here. I thank you. Hold down the fort at your end. And yes, what I can certainly certainly glad to be back. Okay, so

2:37.6

an interesting episode I think for us. This is security now number nine, 19 for the 18th. I got the of April, right? I got the month right this time or whatever it was. I got wrong last time. Anyway, okay, so we're going to as we have been answers some questions. What happened with last week's patch Tuesday? Was there anything of note?

3:04.3

If we took a quick overview of just a tiny bit of last week's news, just sort of a, you know, a quick scan. What would that look like?

3:14.3

And what would all those stories have in common?

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