SN 696: Here Comes 2019!




Security Now (Audio) show

Summary: <ul> <li>The NSA announces the forthcoming release of an internal powerful reverse-engineering tool for examining and understanding other people's code.</li> <li>Emergency out-of-cycle patches from both Adobe and Microsoft.</li> <li>PewDiePie hacker strikes again.</li> <li>Prolific 0-day dropper SandboxEscaper ruffles some feathers.</li> <li>A new effort by the US government to educate industry about the risks of Cyber attacks.</li> <li>Welcome news on the ransomware front.</li> <li>VERY welcome news of a new Windows 10 feature.</li> <li>A note about a just-published side-channel attack on OS page caches.</li> </ul><p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/SN/SN-695-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://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="https://securitynow.cachefly.com">securitynow.cachefly.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://FreshBooks.com/securitynow">FreshBooks.com/securitynow</a></li> </ul>