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Transcript of Episode #830 The BlackMatter Interview Description: This week we look at Firefox's declining active user count, at the evolution of the Initial Network Access Broker world, and at several different ransomware group renamings and revivals. We encounter a well-informed Active Directory security researcher who feels about Microsoft's July pretty much as we do. I want to turn our listeners on to a very interesting-looking Hamachi-esque overlay for WireGuard, and share a fun diagnostic anecdote that cost me a day of work last Friday. We have a bit of closing-the-loop feedback from a couple of our listeners. Finally, we're going to share an interview with a member of the "maybe new or maybe rebranded" ransomware group BlackMatter which Recorded Future posted yesterday. High quality (64 kbps) mp3 audio file URL: http://media.GRC.com/sn/SN-830.mp3 Quarter size (16 kbps) mp3 audio file URL: http://media.GRC.com/sn/sn-830-lq.mp3 SHOW TEASE: It's time for Security Now!. Steve Gibson is here with bad news about Firefox and a plea to turn the bad news around. We'll also talk about a new critical feature in the infrastructure of ransomware attacks. It's called the IAB. And then an interview with BlackMatter. It sure sounds like the return of DarkSide. It's all coming up next on Security Now!. Leo Laporte: This is Security Now! with Steve Gibson, Episode 830, recorded Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021: The BlackMatter Interview. It's time for Security Now!, the show where we cover your security and privacy online with this man right here, Steve Gibson of Gibson... Steve Gibson: Ho. Leo: Hey, of GRC.com. Hello, Steve. Steve: Leo? Leo: Yes? Steve: This is the - and I'm using this word advisedly because I misused it once, and I've never heard the end of it. Leo: Let me guess. Penultimate. Steve: That's the word. Yes. Leo: But wait a minute. I can't guess what it's the penultimate of. Steve: This is the penultimate episode of Year 16. Leo: Oh. Steve: Of the...

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