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• SN 1041: Covering All the Bases - SHAKEN Networks, Uncontrollable AI, and Robocall Reckoning

  When even the Department of Defense can't properly vet its software dependencies, what chance do the rest of us have? Steve Gibson reveals how "fast-glob" became a case study in supply chain blindness, explores whether AI can ever truly be controlled after Meta's celebrity chatbot disaster, and celebrates BYTE Magazine's 50th anniversary with a look at how far we've come (and how vulnerable we still are).

  • A look back at issue #1 of BYTE magazine exactly 50 years ago
  • The enforcement of the SHAKEN & STIR Telecom protocols
  • Breaking: Judge rules against forced Google divestitures in monopoly case
  • The inherent danger of consolidating authentication
  • Can AI be controlled?
  • Vivaldi says a big "no" to AI-enhanced web browsers
  • How WhatsApp figured into Apple's recent 0-day attacks
  • Leveraging AI as an attack aid
  • The latest TransUnion data breach
  • Two scummy websites sue the UK over age requirements
  • OpenSSH reminds its users to adopt post-quantum crypto
  • The DOD uses open source maintained by a Russian national
  • Much great feedback from our terrific listeners
  • Sci-Fi news from "The Frontiers Saga" Ryk Brown

  Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1041-notes.pdf

  Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• SN 1040: Clickjacking "Whac-A-Mole" - Inside the Password Manager Clickjacking Frenzy and What It Means

  Alarm bells are ringing over a supposed browser zero-day, but is the threat as bad as it sounds? Steve reveals why "clickjacking" might be more whac-a-mole than breaking news, and what that really means for your passwords.

  • Germany may soon outlaw ad blockers
  • What's happening in the courts over AI
  • The U.K. drops its demands of Apple
  • New Microsoft 365 tenants being throttled
  • Is Russia preparing to block Google Meet?
  • Bluesky suspends its service in Mississippi
  • How to throttle AI
  • A tricky SSH-busting Go library
  • Here comes the Linux desktop malware
  • Apple just patched a doozy of a vulnerability
  • A trivial Docker escape was found and fixed
  • Why the recent browser 0-day clickjacking is really just whac-a-mole

  Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1040-notes.pdf

  Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• SN 1039: The Sad Case of ScriptCase - Data Brokers Dodge Deletion

  • What AI website summaries mean for Internet economics.
  • Time to urgently update Plex Servers (again).
  • Allianz Life stolen data gets leaked.
  • Chrome test Incognito-mode fingerprint script blocking.
  • Chrome 140 additions coming in 2 weeks.
  • Data brokers hide opt-out pages from search engines.
  • Secure messaging changes in Russia.
  • NIST rolls-out lightweight IoT crypto.
  • SyncThing moves to v2.0 and beyond.
  • Alien:Earth -- first take.
  • What can we learn from another critical vulnerability?

  Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1039-Notes.pdf

  Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• SN 1038: Perplexity's Duplicity - Malicious Repository Libraries

  • CISA's Emergency Directive to ALL Federal agencies re: SharePoint.
  • NVIDIA firmly says "no" to any embedded chip gimmicks.
  • Dashlane is terminating its (totally unusable) free tier.
  • Malicious repository libraries are becoming even more hostile.
  • The best web filter (uBlock Origin) comes to Safari.
  • The very popular SonicWall firewall is being compromised.
  • >100 models of Dell Latitude and Precision laptops are in danger.
  • The significant challenge of patching SharePoint (for example).
  • A quick look at my DNS Benchmark progress.
  • Does InControl prevent an important update.
  • An venerable Sci-Fi franchise may be getting a great new series.
  • What to do about the problem of AI "website sucking"

  Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1038-Notes.pdf

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• SN 1037: Chinese Participation in MAPP - Why Signal is Leaving Australia

  • A follow-up to the SharePoint server patch mess.
  • How Russia arranges to spy on other country's local embassies.
  • "Dropbox Passwords" manager app is ending in October.
  • Signal will leave Australia rather than help spy.
  • YouTube deploys viewing history age-estimation heuristics.
  • Chrome adds clever lightweight extension signing to prevent abuse.
  • A domain registrar is coming close to losing its rights.
  • A TP-Link router that doesn't encrypt its configuration.
  • What is "TruAge" and might it be useful for age verification.
  • An update on "Artemis".
  • With U.S.-China tensions on the rise, should Chinese security companies receive weeks of advance notice of forthcoming Microsoft flaw patches?

  Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1037-Notes.pdf

  Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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