About this episode

The episode discusses DigiCert's security mishap and its implications, along with various related security topics.

DigiCert's latest security mishap triggered not just a scramble behind the scenes, but a cascading crisis that briefly wiped trust from millions of Windows systems. Find out how a single support slip, followed by Microsoft's heavy-handed response, left critical infrastructures exposed. The FCC decides router firmware updates are useful. Netgear applies for and gets a full FCC pass. AI uncovers a 21-year old critical FreeBSD RCE. What was behind that Let's Encrypt outage. AI model repositories are overflowing with malware. The CISA 2015 info-sharing act is being renewed. Edge leaves ALL usernames and passwords in the clear. An examination of DigiCert's breach and their response Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1078-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now . You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page . For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com , also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6 . Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte

Topics covered

• security mishap
• trust issues
• router firmware updates
• malware in AI repositories
• DigiCert breach
• Let's Encrypt outage
• CISA info-sharing act

Keywords

• DigiCert
• Microsoft
• FCC
• Netgear
• FreeBSD
• malware
• security breach
• router firmware
• Let's Encrypt
• CISA

Sponsors

CyberHoot, Guardsquare, Doppel, OutSystems, ThreatLocker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DigiCert, Microsoft, FCC, Netgear, CISA

Products: FreeBSD

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