Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of SpinRite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.

SN 1030: Internet Foreground Radiation - The NPM Repository is Under Siege

June 17, 2025 2:48:29 31.6 MB ( 130.41 MB less) Downloads: 0
  • An exploited iOS iMessage vulnerability Apple denies?
  • The NPM repository is under siege with no end in sight.
  • Were Comcast and Digital Realty compromised? Don't ask them.
  • Matthew Green agrees: XChat does not offer true security.
  • We may know how Russia is convicting Telegram users.
  • Microsoft finally decides to block two insane Outlook file types.
  • 40,000 openly available video camera are online. Who owns them?
  • Running SpinRite on encrypted drives.
  • An LLM describes Steve's (my) evolution on Microsoft security.
  • What do we know about the bots that are scanning the Internet?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1030-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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