SN 1018: The Quantum Threat - ESP32 Backdoor Update, RCS E2EE

Security Now (Video)

• The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
• Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
• A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
• A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
• A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
• Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
• RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).
• How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?
• Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.
• Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!
• The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"
• AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?
• Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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