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Leo and I discuss the first portion of a collection of pithy and apropos "Security Maxims" that were assembled by a member of the Argonne Vulnerability Assessment Team at the Nuclear Engineering Division of the Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. They're great!

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.

Leo and I discuss the state of GSM (Global System of Mobile communications) cracking. I show where to purchase the required hardware, from where to download the software, and just how easy and practical it has become to "crack" the old and very weak "security" employed by the three billion cellphones now in worldwide use.

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 week Leo and I describe the inner workings of one of the best designed and apparently most secure electronic voting machines — currently in use in the United States — and how a group of university researchers hacked it without any outside information to create a 100% stealth vote stealing system.

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.

Leo and I kick off the podcast's fifth year with a rare off-topic discussion of something I have been researching for the past eight weeks and passionately believe everyone needs to know about: Vitamin D. After next week's Q&A, the podcast will return to topics of Internet security.Steve's "Vitamin D" Research page: https://www.grc.com/health/Vitamin-D.htm

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.

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.

A LOT of security news transpired during the three previous weeks since Steve and Leo last recorded live. So instead of the regularly scheduled Q&A episode (which is moved to next week), today they catch up with this week's "mega security news update."