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Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. ... more
FAQs about Security Now - 16k MP3:How many episodes does Security Now - 16k MP3 have?The podcast currently has 995 episodes available.
October 08, 2014SN476: Listener Feedback #198Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world ‘application notes’ for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 36minPlay
October 02, 2014SN475: Shocked by the ShellAfter covering a very busy and interesting past week of security and privacy news, Father Robert and Steve explain, examine, and dig down deep into the many fascinating details of the worst-ever, two-decade old, latent and pervasive Internet bug known as "Shellshock."...more1h 47minPlay
September 24, 2014SN474: Listener Feedback #197Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world ‘application notes’ for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 41minPlay
September 17, 2014SN473: Google vs. SHA-1After we catch up with interesting security news of the past week, Leo and I examine Google's surprising, controversial, and unilateral decision to suddenly and significantly deprecate ALL web server certificates signed by SHA-1 that will be valid past 2016 - even though 92% of certificates (with lives of at least two years) signed in January 2014 were SHA-1....more1h 29minPlay
September 10, 2014SN472: Listener Feedback #196Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world ‘application notes’ for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 22minPlay
September 03, 2014SN471: PGP: Time for an Upgrade?This past Labor Day brought some high-profile security breaches (naked celebrity photos posted online) of still-unknown origin, and other interesting news. Once Leo and I get caught up with all of that craziness, we take a look at the (sad) state of eMail privacy and encryption. We examine the past and consider what the future might hold....more1h 32minPlay
August 27, 2014SN470: Listener Feedback #195Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world ‘application notes’ for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 9minPlay
August 20, 2014SN469: Big Routing TablesAfter catching up with the week's more interesting security tidbits, Leo and I dig into last week's widespread Internet outage to discover that the Internet is reaching another important "limit" that's going to require some attention: The routing tables are growing past their maximum default size! Whoops!!...more2h 1minPlay
August 13, 2014SN468: Listener Feedback #194Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world ‘application notes’ for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more2h 1minPlay
August 06, 2014SN467: Browser Password Managers (and "BadUSB")This week Leo and I discuss the week's more interesting security news, including HP's recent analysis of the (lack of) security in "Internet of Things" appliances, and the forthcoming Black Hat presentation on "BadUSB" which generated a lot of overly hysterical press coverage. Then I summarize my analysis of the Browser-based Password Manager research to be released later this month....more1h 31minPlay
FAQs about Security Now - 16k MP3:How many episodes does Security Now - 16k MP3 have?The podcast currently has 995 episodes available.