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A crafty new breed of social engineering attack is tricking users into launching malware straight from their clipboard, exposing a fresh vulnerability in Windows that even tech pros could fall for. Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson break down how the latest ClickFix and CrashFix exploits are outsmarting traditional defenses.

The lowdown on last week's "no turn" picture of the week.

Is an AI-driven hacking campaign a big deal now.

Clause used in multiple Mexican government attacks.

Apple continues to be confronted with age restrictions.

COPPA needs an exception to allow age collection.

Meta swamps law enforcement with AI-slop CSAM reports.

Roskomnadzor has been busy blocking VPNs. Guess how many.

The UK tries to report their self-scanning success.

Remember that hacker who extorted the psychotherapy patients.

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is actively recruiting women.

Cisco lands another breathtakingly rare 10.0 CVSS.

VulnCheck's report on 2025 vulnerabilities and exploits.

Steve discovers a fabulous $72 Hardware Security Module.

A listener shares an interesting AI service discovery.

The very potent "ClickFix" exploit evolves

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1067-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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A crafty new breed of social engineering attack is tricking users into launching malware straight from their clipboard, exposing a fresh vulnerability in Windows that even tech pros could fall for. Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson break down how the latest ClickFix and CrashFix exploits are outsmarting traditional defenses.

The lowdown on last week's "no turn" picture of the week.

Is an AI-driven hacking campaign a big deal now.

Clause used in multiple Mexican government attacks.

Apple continues to be confronted with age restrictions.

COPPA needs an exception to allow age collection.

Meta swamps law enforcement with AI-slop CSAM reports.

Roskomnadzor has been busy blocking VPNs. Guess how many.

The UK tries to report their self-scanning success.

Remember that hacker who extorted the psychotherapy patients.

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is actively recruiting women.

Cisco lands another breathtakingly rare 10.0 CVSS.

VulnCheck's report on 2025 vulnerabilities and exploits.

Steve discovers a fabulous $72 Hardware Security Module.

A listener shares an interesting AI service discovery.

The very potent "ClickFix" exploit evolves

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1067-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.

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ETH Zurich's deep-dive into the world's top password managers exposes how feature overload and legacy design obscure real security flaws, forcing a rethink of what "zero knowledge" actually means for your vault. Learn why recent fixes matter—and why open source may be your safest bet.

CA's warn us to urgently prepare for the inevitable.

Three U.S. states attempt to ban 3D printed firearms.

Denied ransom, ShinyHunters leaks 967,000 personal details.

"Billions" of U.S. social security numbers leaked.

Is Apple planning to add cameras to three new gadgets.

No more security fixes for Firefox on Windows 7 & 8.

Russia blocks the official Linux kernel site they need.

Will the U.S."freedom.gov" site post EU blocked content.

LLM's will offer secure passwords. Do Not Use Them.

As predicted, the "ClickFix" attack strategy takes over.

A listener believes his computer is compromised.

How could three popular password managers get things wrong.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1066-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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.

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ETH Zurich's deep-dive into the world's top password managers exposes how feature overload and legacy design obscure real security flaws, forcing a rethink of what "zero knowledge" actually means for your vault. Learn why recent fixes matter—and why open source may be your safest bet.

CA's warn us to urgently prepare for the inevitable.

Three U.S. states attempt to ban 3D printed firearms.

Denied ransom, ShinyHunters leaks 967,000 personal details.

"Billions" of U.S. social security numbers leaked.

Is Apple planning to add cameras to three new gadgets.

No more security fixes for Firefox on Windows 7 & 8.

Russia blocks the official Linux kernel site they need.

Will the U.S."freedom.gov" site post EU blocked content.

LLM's will offer secure passwords. Do Not Use Them.

As predicted, the "ClickFix" attack strategy takes over.

A listener believes his computer is compromised.

How could three popular password managers get things wrong

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1066-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.

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How secure are your Chrome extensions and certificate signings really? This episode pulls back the curtain on a massive spyware discovery and exposes the convoluted hoops developers must jump through to prove their identity in 2026.

Websites can place high demands upon limited CPU resources.

Microsoft appears to back away from its security commitment.

What's Windows 11 26H1 and where do I get it.

Chrome 145 brings Device Bound Session Credentials.

More countries are moving to ban underage social media use.

The return of Roskomnadzor.

Discord to require proof of adulthood for adult content.

Might you still be using WinRAR 7.12 -- I was.

Paragon's Graphite can definitely spy on all instant messaging.

30 malicious Chrome Extensions.

287 Chrome extensions from spying on 37.4 million users.

The first malicious Outlook add-in steals 4000 user's credentials.

Some AI "vibe" coding thoughts.

What I just went through to obtain a new code signing certificate

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1065-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

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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.

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