SN 950: Leo Turns 67 - Fingerprint Security, Do-Not-Track

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update
Veracrypt password security
Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features
Do-Not-Track is back on track
"ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?
CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability
Bypassing fingerprint authentication
ApacheMQ
TransUnion & Experian both hacked

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0	Hey, it's time for security now. I am Aunt Prud. I'm not the old report. He is out and about having some interesting birthday celebrations. We'll leave it at that. But I'm joined this week by Mr. Security, Steve Gibson himself.
0:14.9	And today we're going to talk about what's going on
0:17.4	with Crush FTP, the Enterprise FTP package.
0:21.9	There's also some interesting stuff going on with the fingerprint scanners
0:27.8	and biometrics on your laptops and devices that are out there.
0:31.7	Are they really secure?
0:33.3	Hmm, some think that they are, maybe they're not.
0:37.0	And also, there's some big news happening again with all of these credit agencies out there.
0:42.8	TransUnion and Experian hack yet again.
0:46.4	Good grief.
0:47.4	All of that more is coming up here on security now.
0:50.4	Y'all stay tuned.
0:57.0	Podcasts you love, from people you trust. This is Twit.
1:00.0	This is Twit. This is security now, episode 950, recorded Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Leo turns 67.
1:15.0	This episode of Security Now is brought to you by Palo Alto Networks.
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