Listen "Security Now 1057: GhostPoster"
Episode Synopsis
What if your smart TV and Firefox extensions were secretly hijacking your security and privacy? This episode reveals the jaw-dropping discovery of a massive TV botnet and the surprisingly clever malware lurking behind innocent browser icons.
North Korea's profitable fixation on cryptocurrency.
Amazon uncovers a cryptomining sneaking into customer clouds.
Insecure Docker API servers are also hosting cryptominers.
A new and truly massive SmartTV-based botnet discovery.
DNS Benchmark's 4th release.
Who, besides Let's Encrypt, offers free automated certs.
Some interesting listener feedback.
And how a PNG Icon was used to infect 50,000 Firefox users
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1057-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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