Security Now podcast (Computers)

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  • Host: Steve Gibson
  • 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.
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  • Genres: Computers
  • Location: United States
  • Language: English
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Security Now 224: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 80

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Security news, including the NSA's contributions to Windows 7, iPhone bot nets, plus Steve answers your questions. Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:22:52

Security Now 223: The Trouble With SSL

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve explains how a serious exploit in SSL works. Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:30:37

Security Now 222: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 79

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte We've got the latest security news, including an SSL hack, plus eight great questions from you and Steve's answers... Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:52:55

Security Now 221: The Elephant In Your Browser

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte The problem with Javascript and security. Guest John Graham-Cumming says it's the "elephant in your browser." Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:20:07

Security Now 220: Listener Feedback 78

Thu, Oct 29 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Microsoft ships its biggest update ever, Comcast has its eyes on you, and Steve answers your questions. Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:21:44

Security Now 219: Browser Scripting

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Why patches are impossible, the Total (In)security virus, and why writing software shouldn't be too easy. Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:00:43

Security Now 218: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 77

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Microsoft ships its biggest update ever, Comcast has its eyes on you, and Steve answers your questions. Security Now shownotes Friendfeed notes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:20:55

Security Now 217: The Broken Browser Model

Thu, Oct 8 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Alex Lindsay How SSLs can be spoofed in man-in-the-middle attacks. Security Now shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:27:04

Security Now 216: Listener Feedback 76

Thu, Oct 1 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Leo and Steve talk about Microsoft Security Essentials, your questions, and more. Security Now shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:33:29

Security Now 215: Security Maxims

Thu, Sep 24 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve and Leo talk about various security maxims, what they mean, why you should follow them, and more. Security Now shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:14:02

Security Now 214: Listener Feedback 75

Thu, Sep 17 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve addresses feedback on GSM security, cookies, router admin passwords, proxy servers, and more. Security Now shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:28:45

Security Now 213: Cracking GSM

Tue, Sep 8 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte The inherent insecurities of GSM, the pseudo-random bitstream cipher protecting data for billions of phones. Security Now shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:07:43

Security Now 212: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 74

Thu, Sep 3 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve answers questions on iPIG VPN, Flash cookies, firewalls, parents' passwords, and more. Security Now shownotes Audible pick of the week: The Fountains of Paradise, Unabridged, By Arthur C. Clarke, Narrated by Marc Vietor. To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever...

Security Now 211: Hacking Electronic Voting Machines

Thu, Aug 27 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte How researchers hacked the most secure electronic voting machines. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:17:37

Security Now 210: Listener Feedback 73

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Security news and listeners' questions... Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 51:14

Security Now 208: Listener Feedback 72

Thu, Aug 6 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve answers questions on SSL encryption, 3g security, Trojans, VPNs as infection vectors, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes Audible pick of the week: The Winds of Dune, Unabridged, By Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Narrated by Scott Brick. To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and...

Security Now 207: Listener Feedback 71

Thu, Jul 30 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve answers questions on AES-256, iPhone security, TrueCrypt, Firefox privacy, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:43:50

Security Now 206: Security News Updates

Thu, Jul 23 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Security updates in Windows Office, IAS, Virtual PC, Virtual Server, msvid control, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by AOL Music and Spinner.com. Running time: 1:30:09

Security Now 205: Lempel-Ziv

Thu, Jul 16 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Lempel-Ziv data compression, one of the most prevalent computer algorithms of all time. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 45:50

Security Now 204: Listener Feedback 70

Thu, Jul 9 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Our regular mailbag episode with questions and comments from our listeners. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:11:21

Security Now 203: Boyer and Moore

Thu, Jul 2 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve tells of the Bob Boyer and J Strother Moore algorithm for finding a substring in a buffer. Security Now wiki shownotes Audible pick of the week: Red Mars, Unabridged, By Kim Stanley Robinson, Narrated by Richard Ferrone. To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever...

Security Now 202: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 69

Thu, Jun 25 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte In this mailbag episode we discuss SecureZip, WPA/WPA2, home-grown VPNs, foreign ATMs, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:02:13

Security Now 201: SecureZip

Thu, Jun 18 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte The operation, features, and security of PKWARE’s free SecureZIP file archiving and encrypting utility. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 49:22

Security Now 200: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 68

Thu, Jun 11 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte In this mailbag episode we discuss IPv6, Non-VPNs, Microsoft ClickOnce, expired SSL certificates, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:48:48

Security Now 199: The Geek Atlas

Thu, Jun 4 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte A good book, the IPv6 protocol, and Steve's secure TCP idea that doesn't use a VPN tunnel. Security Now wiki shownotes Audible pick of the week: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Unabridged, By Thomas S. Kuhn, Narrated by Dennis Holland. To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and...

Security Now 198: Listener Feedback 67

Thu, May 28 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte This mailbag episode includes FASM, scripts, sockets, SSL/TLS, HTTPS, Windows 7's XP mode, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 2:00:34

Security Now 197: Windows 7 Security

Thu, May 21 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Security changes, additions and enhancements to Microsoft Windows 7. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:23:05

Security Now 196: Listener Feedback 66

Thu, May 14 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte This mailbag episode includes SSL/TLS, worms-resistant NATs, PDF JavaScript, nuclear power stations running Windows, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 2:00:54

Security Now 195: SSL

Thu, May 7 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve describes the Internet's most-used security protocol, SSL, now evolved into TLS. Security Now wiki shownotes Audible pick of the week: Dune, Unabridged, By Frank Herbert, Narrated by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and Simon Vance. To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and...

Security Now 194: Listener Feedback 65

Thu, Apr 30 Listen
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte This mailbag episode covers Conficker, Windows process control, NeXT, Ironkey, and more. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs 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. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:15:55

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