When convenience trumps caution, disaster waits in the wings. Join Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent as they break down the jaw-dropping oversights lurking in mission-critical tax and cloud tools, and examine how a single unchecked decision can upend internet security for years.
- H&R Block's tax software does something SO WRONG.
- The Intoxalock breathalyzer calibration cyber attack.
- Firefox now offers a 100% free built-in VPN.
- TikTok and Meta's tracking pixels are so much more.
- Russians beg for the return of Telegram, WhatsApps and others.
- Never connect your crypto-wallet to an unknown service.
- What would a week be without a Cisco CVSS of 10.0.
- Ubiquiti patches a 10.0 critical flaw.
- Listener feedback and...
- What's "Bucketsquatting" and what can be done to prevent it
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1071-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent
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