Security Now (Video) SN 1045: News and Listener Views - 2.3 Million Cisco Devices Exposed
Cisco's routers just exposed more than two million networks thanks to a "security optional" SNMP setup that's being actively exploited—Steve and Leo break down why this is a worst-case scenario for the industry and how easily it could have been avoided.
- Gmail's spam filtering false-positive spree.
- iOS 26's Safari randomizes its fingerprint by default.
- Cisco's SNMP stands for "Security Not My Problem".
- Windows' "stuck" Extended Security Updates (ESU).
- Europe complains, gets 1-year of ESU with no strings.
- Where to get $6 TLS certs (really) while they last.
- The lessons to learn from Jaguar Land Rover's mess.
- The NEON app: get paid to have your voice recorded.
- Bluesky's age verification, now coming to Ohio.
- What is "Kids Web Services" for age verification.
- More than 10K Ollama instances publicly exposed.
- GRC's DNS Benchmark reaches "release candidate"
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1045-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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