Security Now!

I always wondered if the Security Now podcast name was inspired by Seinfeld's "Serenity Now!"

But anyway this happened:

The full video episode is here:

https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/980?autostart=false

and the show notes are here: 

https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-980-notes.pdf

And just so you know, in the meantime the patch has been pushed out, and the answer is "yes", turning off the Wi-Fi adaptor blocks the attack.

They joke a bit about "why not just turn off the entire computer" but it's a real use case where a laptop is used as a remote access machine and connects over ethernet (at a home, say), but the Wi-Fi is left on because why would you ever turn it off?  Well, now you have a reason.

What dis?

What's this?

It's the plumbing for World of Color at Disneyland California Adventure.

They lowered the water level.

And here's some wiring exposed by the lower water level.

They used to have a little wave machine across that would cool the giant electromagnets that launch the cars for California Screamin' (renamed Incredicoaster).  Incredicoaster was working this particular day without any wave machine so I assume someone realized it was better to have a real cooling system than waves that splash up against the magnets.  But I applaud the theming of the original solution.

How come those electromagnets don't erase everyone's credit cards?