• Privacy Badger blocks trackers on news sites and prevents browser exposure to unwanted domains like TikTok and Datadog. • No major updates on EU's controversial Article 45 in eIDAS 2.0. Industry pushback continues as implementation would threaten encryption. • Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex lost $130M in a hot wallet hack, the 14th largest crypto theft. • Decentralized finance platform Raft lost $3.3M due to an exploit. • Crook operated website iotaseed.io to generate wallet seed phrases, then recorded and stole them. • New Intel processor vulnerability called Downfall leaks encryption keys and sensitive data between users on shared systems. • Russia moves to formally ban all VPN use in the country. • Two new flaws found in OpenVPN software, one allowing memory access. • SpinRite development paused as DOS and Windows versions are complete. • Understanding assembly language helps malware analysis and exploit development, but high-level decompilers also useful. • Quantum-safe symmetric cryptography is limited compared to asymmetric crypto. • EU's Article 45 allows transparent decryption and traffic interception, supposedly for security purposes. • "Windshield Barnacle" parking enforcement device uses suction cups and 1000 lbs of force to immobilize vehicles until parking tickets are paid. • Sci-fi book series Aeon 14 by M.D. Cooper offers fun military space opera adventure. • 27-year-old theoretical crypto attack now shown practical. Passive network observers can steal SSH RSA keys if faulty signature generated, allowing impersonation. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-948-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Security Now episode 948 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/948 Sponsors: • kolide.com/securitynow • bitwarden.com/twit • GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit 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: https://grc.com/ also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, and more.