SN 1046: Google's Developer Registration Decree - The End of Free Android Apps?
Google's new demand for developer registration could spell the end for open-source app stores, while Europe's controversial chat control vote threatens privacy for everyone—Steve and Leo break down what's at stake for devs and users alike.
Qantas says no one can releak their stolen data.
Brave's usage is up. But is it really 3 times faster.
Next Tuesday the EU votes on "Chat Control".
Microsoft formally launches a "Security Store".
Outlook moves to block JavaScript in SVG's.
A new release of Chrome.
Gmail will no longer pull external email via POP.
Googe Drive starts blocking ransomware encryptions.
The UK issues another order to Apple.
Researchers create a "Battering RAM" attack device.
HackerOne's significant bug bounty payouts.
The Imgur service goes dark across the UK. Guess why.
The Netherlands plans to say NO to "Chat Control."
Discord was breached and government IDs leaked.
Salesforce says it's not another new breach.
Signal introduces a new post-quantum ratchet.
Your motherboard MIGHT support TPM 2.0.
Google to force Android app devs to register and pay
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SN 1045: News and Listener Views - 2.3 Million Cisco Devices Exposed
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"
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SN 1044: The EU's Online Age Verification - Consumer Reports vs. Microsoft
Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates.
Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations.
China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code.
WebAssembly v3.0 officially released.
Firefox v143 updates and new features.
Firefox for Android now offers DoH.
A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID.
Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update.
DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer.
SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads.
China says no to NVIDIA.
300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed.
The EU is already testing proper online age verification.
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SN 1043: Memory Integrity Enforcement - Crypto ATM Scam Epidemic
Apple just rewrote the rules of device security with a chip-level upgrade that could wipe out most iPhone vulnerabilities overnight. Find out how "memory integrity enforcement" aims to make exploits a thing of the past—and why it took half a decade to pull off.
Are Bitcoin ATMs anything more than scamming terminals.
Ransomware hits the Uvalde school district and Jaguar.
Did "Scattered LapSus Hunters" just throw in the towel.
Germany, for one, to vote "no" on Chat Control.
Russia's new MAX messenger has startup troubles.
Samsung follows Apple's WhatsApp patch chain.
Shocker: UK school hacks are mostly by students.
HackerOne was hacked.
Connected washing machines in Amsterdam hacked.
DDoS breaks another record.
Bluesky to implement conditional age verification.
Enforcement actions for Global Privacy Control.
Might Apple have finally beaten vulnerabilities
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SN 1042: Letters of Marque - 1.1.1.1 Certificate Snafu
Is the U.S. on the verge of legalizing "hack back" missions, turning private companies into sanctioned cyber warriors? Steve and Leo unpack Google's plan for a cyber disruption unit and why the lines between defense and digital retaliation are suddenly blurring.
My experience with 'X' vs email.
Google TIG blackmailed to fire two security researchers.
1.1.1.1 DNS TLS certificate mis-issued.
Artists blackmailed with threats of training AI on their art.
Firefox extended end-of-life for Windows 7 to next March.
Is the renewal of cybersecurity info sharing coming soon.
Should security analysis be censored due to vibe-coding.
UK versus Apple may not be settled after all.
Another very serious supply chain attack.
Can the software supply-chain ever be trustworthy.
Why did BYTE Magazine die.
What happens if Google and others go on the attack
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