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Security Now 1033: Going on the Offensive

Author
TWiT
Published
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Episode Link
https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1033


  • Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces.

  • Win11 to delete restore points more quickly.

  • The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure.

  • The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adoption.

  • Russia to create a massive IMEI database.

  • Canada and the UK create the "Common Good Cyber Fund".

  • U.S. states crack down on Bitcoin ATMs amid growing scams.

  • Congressional staffers cannot use WhatsApp on gov devices.

  • LibXML2 and the problems with commercial use of OSS.

  • A(nother) remote code execution vulnerability in WinRAR.

  • Have-I-Been-Pwned gets a cool data visualization site.

  • How is ransomware getting in?

  • Windows to offer "safe" non-kernel endpoint security?

  • Proactive age verification coming to porn sites. How?

  • Canada (also) says "bye bye" to Hikvision.

  • Germany will be banning DeekSeek. The whole EU may follow.

  • Cloudflare throttled in Russia?

  • What must the U.S. do to compete in global exploit acquisition?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1033-Notes.pdf


Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte


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