Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Apr 23rd 2019

Security Now 711

DNSpionage

DNS Espionage, Facebook Steals Contacts

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Top Security Stories this Week:

  • Google uses its "sensorvault" to help catch the bad guys.
  • Time to update Drupal again.
  • Facebook steals users' email contact lists, logs plaintext Instagram passwords
  • Russia moves closer to adopting "Internet Master Cutoff Switch" legislation.
  • A reminder that "USB Killers" are a real thing.
  • Marcus Hutchins' plea deal
  • A new(ish) actively exploited Windows 0-day
  • A bunch of Microsoft Edge news
  • Windows 7 end-of-life notices
  • Something from the "I did say this was bound to happen" department
  • Detailed threat research from Cisco's Talos group about the leveraging of DNS espionage.

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