Firmware Backdoors Be Spying On You - PSW #914
From Paul's Security Weekly (Video) by Paul Asadoorian
February 19, 2026 · 2h 6m
About this episode
The episode discusses various cybersecurity threats including firmware backdoors, vulnerabilities in software, and the implications of AI in security.
AI says that this is the show where we turn coffee into threat intelligence and cigar smoke into packet captures. This week: a firmware backdoor living its best life inside Android tablets a fresh BeyondTrust RCE that already has scanners circling like seagulls over a french fry. Lenovo Vantage reminds us that "preinstalled convenience" is just another way to spell "attack surface." Texas is taking a swing at TP-Link supercomputers with a 20-year-old Munge bug that still has teeth. Your AI coding assistant might be quietly squirreling away secrets macOS gets a visit from an infostealer delivered as helpful add-ons Chrome extensions allegedly spy on millions open source maintainers drowning in AI-generated nonsense Windows flirting with smartphone-style permission prompts. Put your passwords in a vault, not in a repo, and stay tuned for Paul's Security Weekly! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-914
People in this episode
Host: Paul Asadoorian
Topics covered
- firmware backdoors
- cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- malware
- AI in security
- privacy concerns
- software security
Keywords
- firmware backdoor
- Android tablets
- BeyondTrust RCE
- Lenovo Vantage
- TP-Link supercomputers
- infostealer
- Chrome extensions
- AI-generated nonsense
- password security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BeyondTrust, Lenovo, TP-Link, macOS, Chrome, Windows
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