Security Now - 16k MP3

After catching up with the week's security updates and news, Leo and I examine the use of "code fuzzing" to locate functional defects in the web browsers we use every day. Surprisingly, every browser in use today can be crashed with this technique.

Leo 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.

After catching up with the week's security and privacy news, Leo and I complete our analysis of the Bluetooth security by examining the history and current status of Bluetooth hacking exploits. We conclude with a set of recommendations for minimizing the Bluetooth attack surface.

Leo 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.

This is our special "TWiT is Closed for the Holidays" Christmas special encore episode of the tale of "The Portable Dog Killer", a story I relate to Leo and our listeners from my own past, 39 years ago, containing a strong moral about the importance of getting out from behind the video game screen and actually building something.

After first catching up with a bunch of fun and interesting security and privacy news, Leo and I plow into a meaty and detailed description of the technology of Bluetooth device interconnection and its cryptographic security. A follow-on episode will cover the past hacking attacks against Bluetooth.

Leo 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.

After catching up on the week's security news, this week's co-host Tom Merritt and I discuss the interesting security, privacy, management and technology issues surrounding the implantation of a remotely readable RFID (radio frequency identification) tag into one's own body for the purpose of being authenticated by devices and systems in one's own environment, such as laptop, car, garage door, house front door, etc.

Before plowing into this week's Q&A content, Leo and I catch up with the industry's security and privacy related news. I share a vitamin D researcher's reaction to a troubling new report about vitamin D, and share my recent science fiction reading discoveries and opinions.

After catching up with the week's security updates and news, Leo and I revisit the continuing concern over DNS Spoofing by examining the technology behind my quite comprehensive, free, online DNS Spoofability Testing system at GRC.com.