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In today's episode of 'Cybersecurity Today,' hosted by Jim Love, we cover several key issues in the cybersecurity landscape. Firstly, a breach involving Workday and social engineering attacks targeting Salesforce customers is discussed. Next, the risks posed by a recent Windows update potentially causing data corruption on SSDs and HDDs are highlighted. We also delve into a critical infrastructure breach where Russian hackers remotely accessed a Norwegian dam's control system. Additionally, the episode covers Google's vulnerabilities in its AI and Gmail services, and finally, Apple's significant privacy victory against the UK's backdoor encryption mandate. The episode concludes with a call for listener support through donations to sustain the program.

00:00 Introduction and Headlines
00:23 Workday Data Breach Explained
02:15 Windows Update Issues
04:05 Norwegian Dam Cyber Attack
05:49 Google's Security Challenges
07:12 Apple's Privacy Victory
08:19 Conclusion and Listener Support

25:T58e,Apple disables Advanced Data Protection for new UK users. Paying ransoms is not as cut and dried as we might imagine. Elon Musk's "X" social media blocks "Signal.me" links. Spain's soccer league blocks Cloudflare and causes a mess. Two new (and rare) vulnerabilities discovered in OpenSSH. The U.S. seems unable to evict Chinese attackers from its Telecom systems. What are those Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hackers doing to get in? The largest (by far) cryptocurrency heist in history occurred Friday. Ex-NSA head says the U.S. is falling behind on the cyber front lines. We have the winner (and a good one) replacement term for "backdoor". A look at a pathetic access control system that begs to be hacked (and will be). Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1014-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, a

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