Security Weekly Podcast Network (Audio) Firmware Backdoors Be Spying On You - PSW #914
Feb 19, 2026
02:06:14
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.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-914