Security Now 836: The Mēris Botnet

Picture of the Week. A new worrisome 0-day attack against Office documents. Work From Home (WFH) — No problem? "Attacks only ever get better" The return of REvil — Apparently, vacation's over. Closing the Loop. I have this next piece under "Science Fiction" — but is it fiction??? The Mēris Botnet. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-836-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit 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. Sponsors: barracuda.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/securitynow