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Security Now - 16k MP3

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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Aug 27, 2025

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Episodes

SN487: SQRL's Vegas Presentation 24.12.2014

This is the audio track of Steve's presentation of SQRL during DigiCert Corporation's Security Summit 2014 event on November 7th, 2014 in Las Vegas. We did not have text transcripts of the presentation made.

SN486: Listener Feedback #203 17.12.2014

Mike 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.

SN485: Expensive Lessons 10.12.2014

Leo and I discuss the week's major security events, including the Turla advanced persistent threat for backdoor for Linux. We then look closely at the very expensive consequences of the lax security measures employed by Target - and their massive late 2013 point-of-sale terminal breach - and Sony's whole-corporation network internal data dump and disclosure.

SN484: Listener Feedback #202 03.12.2014

Mike 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.

SN483: "Regin" & Let's Encrypt 26.11.2014

This week Leo and I cover two major stories: the discovery of a frighteningly capable and sophisticated espionage malware known as "Regin," and deeper coverage of the forthcoming "Let's Encrypt" free and automated web server certificate issuing and management system. And, as always, we also cover a bunch of interesting smaller issues.

SN482: Listener Feedback #201 19.11.2014

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.

SN481: Certificate Transparency 12.11.2014

Leo and I discuss the week's major security events, focusing on this month's crucially important Microsoft MEGA Patch Tuesday updates which, if exploited, will allow for wholesale remote client and server code execution and takeover. They then take a first pass look at the new "Certificate Transparency" standard and initiative being launched by Google and currently supported by DigiCert and others...

SN480: Listener Feedback #200 05.11.2014

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.

SN479: Listener Feedback #199 29.10.2014

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.

SN478: Poodle Bites 22.10.2014

After catching up with a few interesting events from the past week, Steve and Leo take a deep dive into the details of the Internet's latest "security catastrophe" which has been named "Poodle." Steve first carefully explains the trouble, then debunks it completely, showing why the vulnerability should be fixed but will probably never be exploited.

SN477: Payment Tokenization 15.10.2014

After catching up with another interesting week of security events, including the rumor of a pending SSLv3 flaw and a new Windows zero-day exploit, Steve and Leo examine the next evolution in online payment technology which replaces traditional credit card numbers with "Payment Tokens."

SN476: Listener Feedback #198 08.10.2014

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.

SN475: Shocked by the Shell 02.10.2014

After 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."

SN474: Listener Feedback #197 24.09.2014

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.

SN473: Google vs. SHA-1 17.09.2014

After 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.

SN472: Listener Feedback #196 10.09.2014

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.

SN471: PGP: Time for an Upgrade? 03.09.2014

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.

SN470: Listener Feedback #195 27.08.2014

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.

SN469: Big Routing Tables 20.08.2014

After 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!!

SN468: Listener Feedback #194 13.08.2014

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.

SN467: Browser Password Managers (and "BadUSB") 06.08.2014

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.

SN466: Listener Feedback #193 30.07.2014

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.

SN465: iOS Surveillance? 23.07.2014

After covering the interesting news of the past week, Leo and I reexamine iOS security in the wake of a hacker's presentation at a major conference which brought it all back into question and triggered an avalanche of frightening headlines.

SN464: Listener Feedback #192 16.07.2014

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.

SN463: Listener Feedback #191 09.07.2014

Father Robert (Padre) 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...

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