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Subscribers: 3851
Reviews: 14
Episodes: 10

Ali
 Mar 27, 2022
I have been listening to this podcast for years. I have learned a lot about security by listening to this podcast. early on, some episodes were way over my head, but over time I've learned a lot.


 Mar 7, 2022

Security Lover
 Dec 17, 2021
Outstanding info, from sci-fi to propeller-head episodes, Steve is great!


 Sep 8, 2021

ViciousPenguin
 Jun 9, 2021
I think I've learned more through this podcast than all the others I listen to combined. May SG live long and continue to educate us well past episode 999. 🖖

Description

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.

Episode Date
SN 925: Brave's Brilliant Off the Record Request - .ZIP TLD, Bitwarden Passkey support, PyPi
1:37:17
  • Picture of the Week.
  • HP = "Huge Pile"
  • The ".ZIP" TLD — What could possibly go wrong?
  • PyPI gets more serious about security AND privacy.
  • "No logs saved anywhere"???
  • Twitter in the EU?
  • Bitwarden's support for Passkeys.
  • A €1.2 billion fine will grab your attention.
  • Editing WhatsApp messages.
  • A new Google Bug Bounty.
  • SpinRite.
  • Brave's Brilliant Off the Record Request.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-925-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

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You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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May 31, 2023
SN 924: VCaaS – Voice Cloning as a Service - HP printer update, KeePass vulnerability, SpinRite bug
1:49:11
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Tracker Follow-Up.
  • Automatic IoT device updating.
  • HP 9020e - error code 83C0000B.
  • Section 230 Stands.
  • The KeePass Vulnerability.
  • Apple joins Samsung, Amazon and Verizon in banning ChatGPT.
  • Google's Privacy Sandbox moves forward.
  • The FBI heavily misused FISA powers.
  • Supply Chain Nightmare.
  • SpinRite.
  • VCaaS – Voice Cloning as a Service.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-924-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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May 24, 2023
SN 923: Location Tracker Behavior - Diving deep into Google and Apple's tracker spec, SpinRite update
1:58:13
  • Picture of the Week.
  • SpinRite.
  • Location Tracker Behavior.
  • Formal definitions from the specification.
  • Bluetooth LE devices have MAC addresses and therein lies a problem.
  • All devices are serialized.
  • And now, that "pairing registry".
  • Privacy considerations.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-923-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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May 17, 2023
SN 922: Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers - Google Passkeys, Chrome lock icon, AI news sites, Vint Cerf
2:07:17
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Google & Passkeys.
  • TP-Link routers DO auto-update.
  • US Marshals Service: Where's the backup??
  • T-Mobile keeps getting breached.
  • Chrome: No more LOCK icon.
  • Apple's new "Rapid Security Response" system.
  • Elon Musk, making friends wherever he goes...
  • A quick Mastodon aside.
  • Here come the fake AI-generated "news" sites.
  • Russia to replace "American" TCP/IP with "Russian Internet".
  • Vint Serf's 3 mistakes.
  • Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-922-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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May 10, 2023
SN 921: OSB OMG and Other News! - Age verification, Google Authenticator E2EE, VirusTotal AI, cURL
2:01:38
  • Picture of the Week.
  • The Encryption Debate.
  • Age does matter...
  • Age Verification.
  • WhatsApp: Rather be blocked in UK than weaken security.
  • Exposing Side-Channel Monitoring.
  • Closing the Loop.
  • A new UDP reflection attack vector.
  • Google Authenticator Updated.
  • Does Israel use NSO Group commercial spyware?
  • A Russian OS?
  • TP-Link routers compromised.
  • A pre-release security audit.
  • Another Intel side-channel attack.
  • Windows users: Don't remove cURL!
  • AI comes to VirusTotal. 
    Show Notes    https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-921-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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May 03, 2023
SN 920: An End-to-End Encryption Proposal - Wipe those routers, Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT black market
2:03:38
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Lockdown Mode seen succeeding.
  • A growing black market for ChatGPT accounts.
  • Decommissioned Corporate Routers Leak Secrets.
  • Jaguar Tooth: Cisco router vulnerabilities.
  • Security Research Legal Defense Fund.
  • A quick Firefox fix.
  • Kubernetes security audit.
  • Google Chrome zero-day.
  • An End-to-End Encryption Proposal.

Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-920-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Apr 25, 2023
SN 919: Forced Entry - Patch Tuesday, Google Assured Open Source Software, WhatsApp Improvements
1:45:09
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Patch Tuesday Review.
  • Risky Business News.
  • Google Assured Open Source Software.
  • WhatsApp Improvements.
  • Bad Security? Go to jail!
  • Forced Entry.

Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-919-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Jason Howell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Apr 18, 2023
SN 918: A Dangerous Interpretation - H26FORGE, Privatized ChatGPT, Mozilla Site Breach Monitor
2:04:36
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Microsoft and Fortra go on the offensive.
  • Can ChatGPT keep a secret?
  • Apple updates their OS's.
  • Wordpress under attack... again.
  • Mozilla's Site Breach Monitor.
  • Another ChatGPT investigation.
  • Samsung handsets reaching EoL.
  • Less access for loan apps.
  • The right to be forgotten.
  • SpinRite.
  • A Dangerous Interpretation.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-918-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Jason Howell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Apr 11, 2023
SN 917: Zombie Software - ChatGPT Ban, Hacking the Pentagon
1:50:58
  • Picture of the Week
  • So... Not an attack, then?
  • AI Overlord Hysteria
  • Italy says NO to ChatGPT
  • It's illegal... How much will that be?
  • The U.S. FDA & medical device security
  • Hack the Pentagon
  • Firefox 3dr-party DLL check-up
  • Microsoft's Extortion?
  • The Silver Ships
  • Zombie Software

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-917-notes.pdf
 

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Apr 04, 2023
SN 916: Microsoft's Email Extortion - Pwn2Own, Edge Crypto Wallet
1:37:30
  • Picture of the Week.
  • Synacktiv wins this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own
  • GitHub: Mistakes happen
  • DDoS for Hire. . .Or Not
  • 144,000 malicious packages published
  • No iPhones For Russian Presidential Staff
  • I NUIT
  • Edge Gets Crypto
  • Microsoft's Email Extortion

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-916-notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Mar 29, 2023