SN 963: Web portal? Yes please! - Firefox v123, LockBit Disrupted

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Nevada attempts to block Meta's end-to-end encryption for minors.
A survey of security breaches
Edge's Super-Duper Secure Mode moves into Chrome
DoorDash dashes our privacy
Avast charged $16.5 million for selling user browsing data
No charge for extra logging!
European Parliament's IT service has found traces of spyware on the smartphones of its security and defense subcommittee members
LockBit RaaS group disrupted
Firefox v123
The ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass
SpinRite update
Introducing BootAble
Cox moving to Yahoo Mail for users
Credit Card security
Exploiting password complexity reqirements?
Email only logins
Flipper Zero in Canada
German Router security
More Flipper Zero in Canada
Throwaway email addresses
Shared email accounts
Password quality enforcement
Fingerprint tech and some future stories

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0:00.0	It's time for security now Steve Gibson is here. We got a great show planned for you.
0:05.0	Steve's going to talk about that that web-based log in that's supposed to be secure.
0:09.0	Turns out it's not not even close. I hope you're not using it we'll talk about the state of
0:14.0	Nevada their attorney general wants to ban encryption on Facebook
0:18.0	messenger but just for kids that'll make them safer right right? And Steve has a new app.
0:25.0	He just made, just for you.
0:28.0	That and a whole lot more coming up next.
0:30.0	On Security Now.
0:31.0	Podcasts you love.
0:35.0	From people you trust.
0:37.0	This is Twit.
0:40.0	This is Security now with Steve Gibson.
0:46.0	Episode 963 recorded Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, Web Portal?
0:53.7	Yes, please.
0:55.1	This episode of Security Now is brought to you by
0:57.6	Finked Canary.
0:59.4	Thinks Canaries are honeypots that can be deployed in minutes.
1:03.0	If someone's accessing your lure files or brute forcing your fake internal S.S.H server,
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1:15.0	Just choose a profile for your Thinks Canary device, register it with the hosted console for monitoring and notifications,
1:21.0	and then you wait. Ters who have breached your network,
1:25.0	malicious insiders, other adversaries
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