Feb 18th 2025
Security Now 1013
The Chrome Web Store is a mess
Hosted by
Steve Gibson,
Leo Laporte
Apple Encryption in the UK, Texas Vs. DeepSeek
Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.
- US lawmakers respond to the UK's outrageous demand about Apple's encryption.
- What, exactly, is a "backdoor", and can a "backdoor" NOT be secret?
- Highlights from last week's Windows' Patch Tuesday.
- A look into RansomHub: The latest king of the Ransomware hill.
- "TOAD": Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery.
- The state of Texas -versus- DeepSeek.
- Disabling Apple's "Restricted Mode".
- Where did I put that $800 million in Bitcoin?
- A Sci-Fi author update.
- And a deep dive into the misoperation of Chrome's critically important Web Extension Store
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1013-Notes.pdf
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