Security Now 263: Your Questions, Steve’s Answers 99



Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Out-Of-Cycle update from Adobe, Apple security update, binary planting, Spanair 2008 crash, your questions, and more.

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Amazon loses exclusive deal with Andrew Wiley



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