SN 921: OSB OMG and Other News! - Age verification, Google Authenticator E2EE, VirusTotal AI, cURL

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Picture of the Week.
The Encryption Debate.
Age does matter...
Age Verification.
WhatsApp: Rather be blocked in UK than weaken security.
Exposing Side-Channel Monitoring.
Closing the Loop.
A new UDP reflection attack vector.
Google Authenticator Updated.
Does Israel use NSO Group commercial spyware?
A Russian OS?
TP-Link routers compromised.
A pre-release security audit.
Another Intel side-channel attack.
Windows users: Don't remove cURL!
AI comes to VirusTotal.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-921-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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0:00.0	It's time for Security Now.
0:01.2	Steve Gibson is here with some really interesting topics.
0:04.5	Can the UK force companies to break their encryption?
0:09.6	And what is to be done about it?
0:11.4	We'll also talk about an unusual case,
0:14.7	but some evidence that maybe it isn't always a good idea
0:17.3	to rush those security updates out.
0:19.9	And a word, if you don't mind, from the creator of Curl.
0:24.1	It's all coming up next plus a lot more with Security Now.
0:27.6	Podcasts you love.
0:31.5	From people you trust.
0:34.0	This is Twit.
0:39.9	This is Security Now as Steve Gibson,
0:42.3	episode 921, recorded Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023,
0:47.9	OSB, OMG, and other news.
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