SN 616: Things Are Getting Worse




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Summary: <p>This week we discuss clever malware hiding its social media communications, the NSA documents the Russian election hacking two-factor authentication bypass, meanwhile, other Russian attackers leverage Google's own infrastructure to hide their spoofing, Tavis finds more problems in Microsoft's anti-malware protection, a cryptocurrency-stealing malware, more concerns over widespread Internet-connected camera design, malware found to be exploiting Intel's AMT motherboard features, the new danger of mouse cursor hovering, Apple's iCloud sync security claims, Azure changes their CA, a bunch of catch-up miscellany and a bit of closing the loop feedback from our listeners.</p><p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-616-Notes.pdf">show notes</a>.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/fr-robert-ballecer-sj">Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/security-now">https://twit.tv/shows/security-now</a>.</p><p>You can submit a question to Security Now! at the <a href="https://www.grc.com/feedback.htm" target="_blank">GRC Feedback Page</a>.</p><p>For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: <a href="https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" target="_blank">grc.com</a>, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written <a href="https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" target="_blank">Spinrite 6</a>.</p><p>Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p>