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SN 1071: Bucketsquatting - Meta and TikTok's Tracking Pixels
Episode 1071
Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
When convenience trumps caution, disaster waits in the wings. Join Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent as they break down the jaw-dropping oversights lurking in mission-critical tax and cloud tools, and examine how a single unchecked decision can upend internet security for years. H&R Block's tax software does something SO WRONG. The Intoxalock breathalyzer calibration cyber attack. Firefox now offers a 100% free built-in VPN. TikTok and Meta's tracking pixels are so much more. Russians beg for the return of Telegram, WhatsApps and others. Never connect your crypto-wallet to an unknown service. What would a week be without a Cisco CVSS of 10.0. Ubiquiti patches a 10.0 critical flaw. Listener feedback and... What's "Bucketsquatting" and what can be done to prevent it Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1071-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hoxhunt.com/securitynow guardsquare.com outsystems.com/twit zscaler.com/security
