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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.
May 31, 2012SN355: Poking Holes in TCPSteve and Leo tackle two new and interesting threats to Internet security. First, the newly discovered "Flame" / "Flamer" / "Skywiper" malware dwarfs Stuxnet and Duqu in capability and complexity. Then they examine the work of two University of Michigan researchers who have detailed a collection of new ways to attack the TCP protocol. They inject malicious content into innocent web pages and add malicious links to online chats....more1h 18minPlay
May 24, 2012SN354: Listener Feedback #144Leo 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 39minPlay
May 17, 2012SN353: DMARC - eMail SecurityAfter catching up with the week's news, Steve and Leo look at the state of the slow but sure and steady progress being made to tighten up the Internet's eMail security. Since spoofing and phishing continue to be huge problems, these problems continue to command the attention of the Internet's largest commerce, financial, and social networking domains. The good news is: There's good reason for hope!!...more1h 10minPlay
May 10, 2012SN352: Listener Feedback #143Leo 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 46minPlay
May 03, 2012SN351: Three Hybrid Cloud SolutionsAfter catching up with the week's news and Twitter feedback, Leo and I closely examine three remote cloud storage solutions whose Crypto was done COMPLETELY right, Offering full TNO (Trust No One) security. And one of them makes me (Steve) wish I were a Mac user!...more1h 30minPlay
April 26, 2012SN350: Twitter Feedback Q&A #142 / Cloud SecurityDuring this special Q&A episode, Iyaz and I host an entirely Twitter-driven Q&A episode, caused by the flurry of interest created by last week's focus upon Cloud Storage Solutions. After catching up with the week's security-related events, we zip through 21 tweets, then focus upon and examine the security architecture of one controversial and popular cloud storage provider: Backblaze....more1h 51minPlay
April 20, 2012SN349: Cloud SolutionsAfter catching up with the week's news, Leo and I examine ALL of the various cloud-based synchronizing, storage and backup solutions we could find. I survey each one in turn, and Leo chimes in with his own personal experience with many of the offerings. We conclude that SpiderOak looks like the winner, though Jungle Disk is still in the running....more1h 27minPlay
April 12, 2012SN348: Listener Feedback #141Leo 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
April 05, 2012SN347: iOS Password Mis-ManagersAfter catching up with the week's news, Leo and I examine the inner workings of the most popular password managers for Apple's iOS devices to determine whether and to what degree they offer enhanced security for safe password storage....more1h 33minPlay
March 29, 2012SN346: Listener Feedback #140Leo 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 44minPlay
FAQs about Security Now - 16k MP3:How many episodes does Security Now - 16k MP3 have?The podcast currently has 995 episodes available.