Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Oct 9th 2018

Security Now 684

The Supply Chain

China Chip Hack, Google+

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Category: Help & How To
  • An October Surprise of a different sort - Windows 10 update deletes users' files
  • A security researcher has massively weaponzied the existing MicroTik vulnerability and released it as a proof-of-concept
  • A clever voicemail WhatsApp OTP bypass
  • What happened with that recent Google+ breach?
  • Google tightens up its Chrome extensions security policies
  • WiFi radio protocol designations finally switch to simple version numbering
  • Intel unwraps its 9th-generation processors
  • Head-spinning PDF updates from Adobe and Foxit (this isn't a competition, guys!)
  • Bloomberg's earth-shaking controversial report on Chinese hardware hacking

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