Just when you thought DNS cache poisoning was a thing of the past, Steve and Leo reveal why this 17-year-old bug is making a dramatic comeback—and why most DNS resolvers still can't manage high-quality random numbers after all this time.<ul> 
<li>The unsuspected sucking power of a Linux-based robot vacuum.</li> 
<li>Russia to follow China's vulnerability reporting laws.</li> 
<li>A pair of Scattered Spider UK teen hackers arrested.</li> 
<li>Facebook,Instagram and TikTok violating the EU's DSA.</li> 
<li>Microsoft Teams bringing user WiFi tracking bypolicy.</li> 
<li>You backed up. That's great. Did you test that backup?</li> 
<li>Coveware reports all-time lowransomware payment rate.</li> 
<li>Ransomware negotiator reports how the bad guys get in.</li> 
<li>Lots of listener thoughts and feedback about NIST passwords.</li> 
<li>And against all reason and begging credulity, it seems we still haven't managed to put high-quality random number generators into our DNS resolvers.</li></ul> 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1049-Notes.pdf 
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