<p>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.</p><ul> <li>North Korea's profitable fixation on cryptocurrency.</li> <li>Amazon uncovers a cryptomining sneaking into customer clouds.</li> <li>Insecure Docker API servers are also hosting cryptominers.</li> <li>A new and truly massive SmartTV-based botnet discovery.</li> <li>DNS Benchmark's 4th release.</li> <li>Who, besides Let's Encrypt, offers free automated certs.</li> <li>Some interesting listener feedback.</li> <li>And how a PNG Icon was used to infect 50,000 Firefox users</li></ul> <p>Show Notes - <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1057-Notes.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1057-Notes.pdf</a></p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>Security Now</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/security-now">https://twit.tv/shows/security-now</a>.</p> <p>You can submit a question to <em>Security Now</em> at the <a href="https://www.grc.com/feedback.htm" target="_blank">GRC Feedback Page</a>.</p> <p>For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: <a href="https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" target="_blank">grc.com</a>, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written <a href="https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" target="_blank">Spinrite 6</a>.</p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free audio <em>and</em> video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2025-12-23 18:00:49