Security Now 1045: News and Listener Views

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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