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Episode #811 Quiz

What the FLoC?
Date: 2021-03-23 | Length: 2 hrs | Episode page at twit.tv

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Microsoft Defender can now automatically mitigate ProxyLogon Exchange Server vulnerabilities by deploying URL Rewrite blocking and reversing known malicious changes. Firefox 87 will trim Referer headers to origin-only on cross-site requests. F5, MyBB, and other critical flaws enabled RCE via auth bypass, XSS, SQL injection, and payload chaining.

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Question 1: In the episode's discussion of Microsoft's Exchange mitigation, what two actions did the updated Microsoft Defender Antivirus reportedly perform against vulnerable Exchange Server systems?

Question 1

In the episode's discussion of Microsoft's Exchange mitigation, what two actions did the updated Microsoft Defender Antivirus reportedly perform against vulnerable Exchange Server systems?

It disabled IIS entirely and removed Exchange web services It applied a URL Rewrite rule and reversed known malicious changes It rotated server certificates and blocked outbound SMTP It quarantined mailbox databases and forced an immediate reboot

Question 2: What default Referrer Policy change was described for Firefox 87?

Question 2

What default Referrer Policy change was described for Firefox 87?

It changed to no-referrer-when-downgrade It changed to same-origin-only for all requests It changed to origin-when-cross-origin It changed to strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Question 3: According to the episode, how often are FLoC cohorts recalculated?

Question 3

According to the episode, how often are FLoC cohorts recalculated?

They are recalculated only after browser updates They are recalculated on a weekly basis They are recalculated whenever a site reads the cohort ID They are recalculated once per browsing session

Question 4: What identifier size did the episode say Google's experiment used for FLoC cohorts?

Question 4

What identifier size did the episode say Google's experiment used for FLoC cohorts?

It used 8-bit cohort identifiers It used 32-bit cohort identifiers It used 12-bit cohort identifiers It used 16-bit cohort identifiers

Question 5: What did the episode say the FLoC API would make available to websites via JavaScript?

Question 5

What did the episode say the FLoC API would make available to websites via JavaScript?

It would expose a user's email address It would expose a user's full browsing history It would expose a user's advertising bid profile It would expose a user's cohort ID

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