SN 1084: The Residential Proxy Threat - Malicious Proxies in Your Living Room

A flood of everyday gadgets, from cheap streaming boxes to digital photo frames, are being secretly conscripted into global proxy networks and used to mask major cyberattacks—possibly even targeting your own home network.

• Worries of AI-power cyberattacks are spreading.
• Mythos "missed some" important vulnerabilities in Firefox.
• Every recent patch Tuesday Nightmare Eclipse has struck. What now?
• Massive store of valid FortiGate VPN credentials found.
• F5 issues emergency updates to their NGINX-based server offerings.
• Introducing "AI Potpourri" -- deeply altering an AI's personality.
• A close look at the explosion in malicious proxy networks.
• A Canadian judge okayed the illegal removal of such infections

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1084-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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