It's More Secure When It's Disabled - PSW #943

In the security news this week: Microsoft patches all the things Commissary freezers enter cyberwar Fake AV, real Defender nap Rowhammer comes for the GPU BIOS updates are no longer optional CVSS is not a crystal ball Kworker, but make it malware FortiGate gets a post-exploitation RAT CERN goes Debian underground UEFI shells strike again Australia loses the plot, and phones Cisco routers become covert gateways MikroTik patches the takeover chain WeWorm wriggles through mobile The year of Linux television Browsers become backdoors Fake IT calls, real data theft CVE attribution gets weird Boston Scientific keeps talking Security tools misconfigure themselves AI circuit breakers for rogue agents Passkeys meet the real world Vibe coding, vibe vulnerabilities AI loss of control keeps climbing AI agents report themselves to Schneier Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-943