Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of SpinRite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.
SN 1043: Memory Integrity Enforcement - Crypto ATM Scam Epidemic
Apple just rewrote the rules of device security with a chip-level upgrade that could wipe out most iPhone vulnerabilities overnight. Find out how "memory integrity enforcement" aims to make exploits a thing of the past—and why it took half a decade to pull off.
- Are Bitcoin ATMs anything more than scamming terminals.
- Ransomware hits the Uvalde school district and Jaguar.
- Did "Scattered LapSus Hunters" just throw in the towel.
- Germany, for one, to vote "no" on Chat Control.
- Russia's new MAX messenger has startup troubles.
- Samsung follows Apple's WhatsApp patch chain.
- Shocker: UK school hacks are mostly by students.
- HackerOne was hacked.
- Connected washing machines in Amsterdam hacked.
- DDoS breaks another record.
- Bluesky to implement conditional age verification.
- Enforcement actions for Global Privacy Control.
- Might Apple have finally beaten vulnerabilities
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1043-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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