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SN 1010: DNS Over TLS - Record DDoS, Hackers Get Hacked

2025/1/29
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  • eM Client CAN be purchased outright.

  • An astonishing 5-year-old typo in MasterCard's DNS.

  • An unwelcome surprise received by 18,459 low-level hackers.

  • DDoS attacks continue growing, seemingly without any end in sight.

  • Let's Encrypt clarifies their plans for 6-day "we barely knew you" certificates.

  • SpinRite uncovers a bad brand new 8TB drive.

  • Listener feedback about TOTP, Syncthing and UDP hole punching, email spam, ValiDrive speed, AI neural nets, DJI geofencing, and advertising in the "New" Outlook.

  • A look into the tradeoffs required to obtain privacy for our DNS lookups

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1010-Notes.pdf)

Hosts: Steve Gibson) and Leo Laporte)

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