SN 689: Self-Decrypting Drives




Security Now (Audio) show

Summary: <ul> <li>Last month's Patch Tuesday, this month</li> <li>A GDPR-inspired lawsuit filed by Privacy International</li> <li>Check these two router ports to protect against a new botnet that's making the rounds</li> <li>Another irresponsibly disclosed zero-day, this time in Virtual Box</li> <li>CloudFlare's release of a very cool 1.1.1.1 app for iOS and Android</li> <li>Microsoft's caution about the in-RAM vulnerabilities of the BitLocker whole drive encryption</li> <li>A deep dive into last week's worrisome revelation about the lack of true security being offered by today's Self-Encrypting SSD drives.</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/SN/SN-689-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/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</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><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://WordPress.com/securitynow">WordPress.com/securitynow</a></li> <li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> </ul>