Security Now (Audio)

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2005/08/18
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Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to protect yourself and your business. Security Now is a must listen for security professionals every week. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 21:30 UTC.

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The Internet Dodged a Bullet - Wyze Breach, Patch Tuesday, KeyTrap
2024/02/21
Wyze breach Microsoft patch Tuesday fixes 15 remote code execution flaws Why are there password restrictions? The Canadian Flipper Zero Ban Security on the old internet Using Old Passwords Passwordless login TOTP as a second factor German ISP using default router passwords Email encryption in transit pfSense Tailscale integration DuckDuckGo's email protection integration with Bitwarden The KeyTrap Vulnerability Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-962-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: panoptica.app kolide.com/securitynow vanta.com/SECURITYNOW GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
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Bitlocker: Chipped or Cracked? - Honeypots, Toothbrush Botnet, Bitlocker Cracked
2024/02/14
Toothbrush Botnet "There are too many damn Honeypots!" Remotely accessing your home network securely Going passwordless as an ecommerce site Facebook "old password" reminders Browsers on iOS More UPnP Issues A password for every website? "Free" accounts Keeping phones plugged in Running your own email server in 2024 iOS app sizes SpinRite 6.1 running on an iMac SpinRite update Bitlocker's encryption cracked in minutes Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-961-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: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow robinhood.com/boost
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Unforeseen Consequences - CISA's "Secure by Design" Initiative, Fastly's BoringSSL
2024/02/07
CISA's "Secure by Design" Initiative The GNU C Library Flaw Fastly CDN switches from OpenSSL to BoringSSL Roskomnadzor asserts itself Google updates Android's Password Manager Firefox gets post-quantum crypto Get your TOTP tokens from LastPass Inflated iOS app data LearnDMARC Sync mobile app bug SpinRite and Windows Defender Crypto signing camera Analog hole in digital camera authentication iOS and Google's Topics The gathering of the Stephvens Programmable Logic Controllers SpinRite update Malware-infected Toothbrush The Unforeseen Consequences of Google's 3rd-party Cookie Cutoff Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-960-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: Melissa.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
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Stamos on "Microsoft Security" - HP Printer Bricking, Mercedes Benz Source Code
2024/01/31
iOS to allow native Chromium and Firefox engines. An OS immune to ransomware? HP back in the doghouse over "anti-virus" printer bricking The mother of all breaches New "Thou shall not delete those chats" rules Fewer ransoms are being paid Verified Camera Images More on the $15/month flashlight app What happens when apps change publishers Microsoft hating on Firefox Credit Karma is storing 1GB of data on the iPhone Staying on Windows 7 Sci-Fi recommendations Windows 7 and HSTS sites TOTP codes/secrets and Bitwarden SpinRite on Mac SpinRite v6.1 is done! LearnDMARC.com Alex Stamos on "Microsoft Security" Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-959-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: expressvpn.com/securitynow panoptica.app kolide.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
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A Week of News and Listener Views - HSS Breach, CISA's Policing Results
2024/01/24
Microsoft's Top Execs' Emails Breached in Sophisticated Russia-Linked APT Attack US Health and Human Services Breached Firefox vs "The Competition" Brave reduces its anti-fingerprinting protections CISA's proactive policing results one year later Longer Life For Samsung Updates Google Incognito Mode "Misunderstanding" Show Doc Not showing images on iOS Safari Generated AI Media Authentication Which computer languages to learn? Flashlight app subscription Google's Privacy Sandbox system Malware and IoT devices Protected Audience API vs. Malvertising Defensive computing Why ISPs don't do anything about DDoS attacks SpinRite Update Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-958-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: paloaltonetworks.com/ot-security-tco bitwarden.com/twit drata.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow
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The Protected Audience API - Hacked Washing Machine, Quantum Crypto Troubles
2024/01/17
What would an IoT device look like that HAD been taken over? And speaking of DDoS attacks Trouble in the Quantum Crypto world The Browser Monoculture Question about the Apple backdoor Getting into infosec proton drive vs sync SpinRite update The Protected Audience API Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-957-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: meraki.cisco.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow lookout.com bitwarden.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
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The Inside Tracks - 23andME Mess, Ukraine Telecom Hack, LastPass
2024/01/10
More on Apple's hardware backdoor Russian Hacking of Ukranian cameras Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months Things are still a mess at 23andMe CoinsPaid was the victim of another cyberattack Crypto Hacking in 2023 Mandiant Twitter scam Defining "cyber warfare" LastPass is making some changes Windows Watch Google settles $5 billion lawsuit Return Oriented Programming Shutting Down Edge Root Certificates Credit freezing SpinRite Update Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-956-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: lookout.com paloaltonetworks.com/ot-security-tco kolide.com/securitynow bitwarden.com/twit
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The Mystery of CVE-2023-38606 - SpinRite Update, Nebula Mesh, Apple's Backdoor
2024/01/03
SpinRite 6.1 update Pruning Root Certificates A solution to Schrodinger's Bowl DNS Benchmark and anti-virus tools Nebula Mesh SpinRite 7 is coming The Mystery of CVE-2023-38606 Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-955-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: bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit drata.com/twit
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Best of 2023 - Security Now's Best Moments of 2023
2023/12/26
Leo looks back at the year's top security stories of 2023. Steve's Next Password Manager After the LastPass Hack CHESS is Safe Here Come the Fake AI-generated "News" Sites How Bad Guys Use Satellites Microsoft's "Culture of Toxic Obfuscation" Steve announces his commitment to SN Apple Says No NSA's Decade of Huawei Hacking ValiDrive announcement Host: 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.
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Active Listening - KOSA, Cloudflare's Numbers, SpinRite Update
2023/12/20
Child protection legislation in the US Meta pushes back on the $200 billion FTC fine for COPPA violation Age verification on the internet Google moving from 3rd party cookies to topics A look at Cloudflare's metrics SpinRite update Cox Media admits that it spys on you Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-953-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: securemyemail.com/twit Use Code TWIT drata.com/twit
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Quantum Computing Breakthrough - The Clear/Deep/Dark Web, Quad 9 victory, Telegram Flaw
2023/12/13
The government collection of push notification metadata Facebook Messenger sets end to end encryption as the default Iran's Cyber Av3ngers Cisco's Talos Top 10 cyber security exploits this year Over 30% of apps are still using a using a vulnerable version the Log4J library Quad 9 speaks on their legal victory against Sony What are the "Clear Web", "Dark Web", and "Deep Web"? A Flaw in Telegram Xfinity Mobile wants you to accept a root CA, DO NOT Hardware VPN alternative A breakthrough in quantum computing Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-952-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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT lookout.com bitwarden.com/twit
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Revisiting Browser Trust - ICANN RDRS, Beeper Mini, TikTok ban, .meme TLD
2023/12/06
How masked domain owners can be unmasked through ICANN's new Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) WhatsApp's addition of Secret Code for extra privacy protection in Chat Lock Iranian hackers exploited default passwords in programmable logic controllers at US water facilities Attempt by Montana to ban TikTok statewide was stalled by a federal judge ruling Over 1 billion Android devices now have RCS messaging enabled EU Cyber Resilience Act will improve security of Internet of Things devices sold in the EU Black Basta ransomware group has netted over $107 million since early 2022 Google's new .meme top-level domain allowing meme-related web properties CISA's Secure by Design initiative echoes security best practices frequently recommended on the podcast France plans to ban use of "foreign" end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and require use of French app Olvid instead Concerns raised by industry experts Ivan Ristic and Ryan Hurst about EU's eIDAS 2.0 legislation undermining certificate authority trust Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-951-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: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
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4.6 out of 5
1854 reviews
Alex6464 2024/02/02
The last TWIT podcast I enjoy.
I used to listen to/ subscribe to 5-6 TWIT shows. I’m down to two, and MBW is on the chopping block. But Security Now remains stellar. Steve Gibson ...
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FellowGEEK 2024/02/01
Glad this show exists
Security Now has been informative and fun throughout the years. I love the Leo & Steve duo. Keep up the good work.
Dennis_Linux 2023/12/30
Love Leo, love his politics even more!
Love Leo, love his politics even more!
Rob Stanfield 2024/01/24
Just the facts
While Steve will make it past 1000 podcast episodes, sadly I will not. I’ve really enjoyed listening to Steve and Leo over the years, but they have st...
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Hamesh Franks 2024/01/06
Listening to a text book
I’ve listened to 2 episodes and may change my mind, but here are my issues right now. 1–They try and connect and cram to many topics into one episode...
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LukeTech1 2023/12/01
Simply excellent
This was one of the main sources that started my journey into information security around 2015. I caught up on the hundreds of back episodes and have ...
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Pixelterra 2023/12/08
Way too long
While I do appreciate the idea of TWIT shows, they are just simply too long and long-winded for me. I have tried many times to listen to the shows but...
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JapestheJester 2023/09/09
Steve swears like a sailor!
Leo, you cracked me up so much at the end of this podcast while I was cooking up a new style of food I’ve never cooked before, i had to stop and pause...
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markbyrn 2023/09/20
The Show Notes Will Save Time
From my standpoint, Security Now is one of the few TWiT shows still worth watching. For the most part, Steve Gibson does a solid job explaining secu...
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FnFoundry 2023/08/08
Subscription now?
I’ve listened for years, supported Steve with multiple copies of SpinRite. Had no idea why I wasn’t getting new episodes only to find out what’s been ...
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