Security Now (Audio)

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  • Summary

  • Cybersecurity guru Steve Gibson joins Leo Laporte every Tuesday. Steve and Leo break down the latest cybercrime and hacking stories, offering a deep understanding of what's happening and how to protect yourself and your business. Security Now is a must listen for security professionals every week. Records live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.
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Episodes
  • SN 1020: Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration - IoT Done Right, France Phishes, Gmails E2EE
    Apr 9 2025
    • Canon printer driver vulnerabilities enable Windows kernel exploitation.
    • Astonishing cyber-security awareness from a household appliance manufacturer.
    • France tries to hook 2.5 million school children with a Phishing test.
    • Wordpress added an abuse prone feature in 2022. Guess what happened?
    • Oracle? Is there something you'd like to tell us?
    • Utah's governor just signed the App Store Accountability Act. Now what?
    • AI bots hungry for new data are DDoSing FOSS projects.
    • No Microsoft Account? No Microsoft Windows 11.
    • Gmail claims it now offers E2EE. It kinda sorta does. Somewhat.
    • A dreaded CVSS 10.0 was discovered in Apache Parquet.
    • A bunch of terrific listener feedback.
    • What's Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration and why must all certificate authorities now do it?

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1020-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

    Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

    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.

    Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
    Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • material.security
    • threatlocker.com for Security Now
    • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
    • joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
    • bitwarden.com/twit
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    3 hrs and 8 mins
  • SN 1019: EU OS - Troy Hunt Phished, Ransomware List, InControl
    Apr 2 2025
    • Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard.
    • A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site.
    • Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access.
    • Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone?
    • Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers.
    • A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing?
    • 23andMe down for the count (reminder).
    • A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp!
    • "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft.
    • And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

    Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

    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.

    Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
    Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • drata.com/securitynow
    • outsystems.com/twit
    • bitwarden.com/twit
    • threatlocker.com for Security Now
    • legatosecurity.com
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    3 hrs and 5 mins
  • SN 1018: The Quantum Threat - ESP32 Backdoor Update, RCS E2EE
    Mar 26 2025
    • The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
    • Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
    • A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
    • A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
    • A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
    • Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
    • RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).
    • How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?
    • Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.
    • Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!
    • The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"
    • AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?
    • Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

    Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

    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.

    Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
    Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • zscaler.com/security
    • legatosecurity.com
    • joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
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    2 hrs and 53 mins

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Brilliant

Absolutely love this every week. Steve & Leo are hilarious in their delivery of the latest cyber news

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