How secure are your Chrome extensions and certificate signings really? This episode pulls back the curtain on a massive spyware discovery and exposes the convoluted hoops developers must jump through to prove their identity in 2026.

Websites can place high demands upon limited CPU resources.
Microsoft appears to back away from its security commitment.
What's Windows 11 26H1 and where do I get it.
Chrome 145 brings Device Bound Session Credentials.
More countries are moving to ban underage social media use.
The return of Roskomnadzor.
Discord to require proof of adulthood for adult content.
Might you still be using WinRAR 7.12 -- I was.
Paragon's Graphite can definitely spy on all instant messaging.
30 malicious Chrome Extensions.
287 Chrome extensions from spying on 37.4 million users.
The first malicious Outlook add-in steals 4000 user's credentials.
Some AI "vibe" coding thoughts.
What I just went through to obtain a new code signing certificate

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1065-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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