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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. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.
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Episodes
SN537: A Mega News Week 09.12.2015
This first week of December brought us the early Christmas present of an amazing amount of interesting and important news. This entire episode is chockful of reports and discussion of everything that has happened during the past busy week in security and privacy.
SN536: Listener Feedback #224 02.12.2015
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.
SN535: Listener Feedback #223 25.11.2015
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.
SN534: Encryption: Law Enforcement's Whipping Boy 18.11.2015
Leo and I discuss a wide range of security news, Steve's feelings about the new iPad Pro, and lots of interesting bits of miscellany. We then revisit the newly controversial question of Internet encryption which has been raised with great emphasis after last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
SN533: Listener Feedback #222 11.11.2015
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.
SN532: Verifying iOS App Conduct 04.11.2015
Leo and I discuss a very busy week of interesting - and somewhat distressing - security and privacy news. Then we explore the fundamental problem with iOS application security enforcement which is going to take Apple some time to resolve.
SN531: Listener Feedback #221 28.10.2015
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.
SN530: Doing It Wrong 21.10.2015
This week's podcast is titled "Doing It Wrong" because the week's news happened to include four unrelated examples of companies really getting security wrong. So Leo and I first catch up on the week's other news and miscellany. Then we take a look at four examples of security being done wrong.
SN529: Listener Feedback #220 14.10.2015
In the wake of the news that LogMeIn is acquiring LastPass, Joe Siegrist, founder and CEO of LastPass, joins us to talk about the acquisition and what he hopes it means for the future of our favorite password manager. We then catch up with the week's news, and share and discuss 10 questions and comments from our listeners.
SN528: Breaches & Vigilante Worms 07.10.2015
With many massive Internet data breaches, and a prolific vigilante worm loose on the Internet, Leo and I spend a fun- and fact-filled podcast covering the past week's multitude of news.
SN527: Listener Feedback #219 30.09.2015
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.
SN526: iOS Content Blockers 23.09.2015
Leo and I cover a busy past week of security news, then discuss the first week of iOS mobile web content filtering made possible by Wednesday's release of iOS v9. We take a close look at the initial set of content blocking apps available for iOS and Safari.
SN525: Disconnect 16.09.2015
Leo and I cover a relatively small bit of news of the week, including dispelling an unwarranted concern about LastPass being hacked. Then we converse with Patrick Jackson, co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Disconnect, about his company's view of the web-tracking industry, its past and probable future.
SN524: Listener Feedback #218 09.09.2015
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.
SN523: uBlock Origin 02.09.2015
Leo and I catch up with the week's major security events. We then examine the ecosystem of web page advertising by comparing it to other "opportunistic advertising" such as that appearing on public transportation, highway billboards, broadcast television commercials and other public venues - which consumers have no obligation to consume. I eschew the implication that visitors to a web page have an...
SN522: Listener Feedback #217 26.08.2015
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.
SN521: Security Is Difficult 19.08.2015
Leo and I catch up on another in a series of very busy weeks of security news. Then we discuss several recently written commentaries about the distressing state of online web advertising.
SN520: The Quest for Surfing Safety 12.08.2015
Leo and I catch up on a busy week of security news, and then we follow my ongoing search for a low-hassle solution for safely browsing the danger-filled World Wide Web.
SN519: The Win10 Privacy Tradeoff 05.08.2015
While Leo and I await the revelations from the ongoing annual Black Hat and DefCon conferences, the fallout from which we will doubtless be dissecting during upcoming weeks, we keep current with other security news and events. We then examine the change of philosophy embodied by Microsoft's Windows 10 and its many controversial spying "features."
SN518: HORNET: A fix for TOR? 29.07.2015
August's annual DefCon and Black Hat conferences never fail to surprise, worry, and entertain. This year is no different. Though still two weeks off, reports of interesting security troubles are beginning to surface. This week Leo and I examine the week's news and take a close look at a topic the Internet press got completely wrong: HORNET, a new design for an Internet Anonymity network.
SN517: Listener Feedback #216 22.07.2015
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.
SN516: SQRL Revisited 15.07.2015
Security and privacy-related news keeps coming! So this week Father Robert and I will cover the past week's many interesting events. Then we revisit the much evolved and nearly finalized SQRL protocol to see how it has grown and matured during the 92 weeks since I first disclosed its concept during Podcast 424 with Tom.
SN515: A Crazy News Week! 08.07.2015
So much happened in the security and privacy worlds this past week that it will be everything Father Robert and I can do just to cover and discuss it all during a single podcast. So this is one of our pure news coverage and catch-up episodes. I'm sure it's going to be a blast!
SN514: Tor's Astoria Client 01.07.2015
After catching up with a lot of interesting security news, Father Robert and I take a look at recent research into improving the privacy delivered to users of the Tor network. Our conclusions are somewhat distressing.
SN513: Listener Feedback #215 24.06.2015
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.
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