Our weekly audio security column & podcast by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

TechTV's Leo Laporte and I take 30 to 90 minutes near the end of each week to discuss important issues of personal computer security. Sometimes we'll discuss something that just happened. Sometimes we'll talk about long-standing problems, concerns, or solutions. Either way, every week we endeavor to produce something interesting and important for every personal computer user.  You may download and listen to selected episodes from this page (see below), or subscribe to the ongoing series as an RSS "podcast" to have them automatically downloaded to you as they are produced. To subscribe, use whichever service you prefer . . .  Receive an automatic eMail reminder whenever a new episode is posted here (from ChangeDetection.com). See the section at the bottom of this page.  Send us your feedback: Use the form at the bottom of the page to share your opinions, thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for future episodes.  Leo also produces "This Week in Tech" (TWiT) and a number of other very popular podcasts (TWiT is America's most listened to podcast!) So if you are looking for more informed technology talk, be sure to check out Leo's other podcasts and mp3 files.  And a huge thanks to AOL Radio for hosting the high-quality MP3 files and providing the bandwidth to make this series possible. We use "local links" to count downloads, but all of the high-quality full-size MP3 files are being served by AOL Radio.

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Holiday Special: “The Portable Dog Killer” For this holiday special week we revisit one of Security Now's all time fan favorite episodes... “The Portable Dog Killer.”

Law Meets Internet This week, Leo and I discuss Russia’s hacking involvement in the US Election; that, incredibly, it gets even worse for Yahoo!; misguided anti-porn legislation in South Carolina; troubling legislation from Australia; legal confusion from the Florida appellate court; some good news from the U.S. Supreme Court; Linux security stumbling; why Mac OS X got an important fix last week; the Steganography malvertising attack that targets home routers; news of a forthcoming inter-vehicle communications mandate; professional cameras being called upon to provide built-in encryption; LetsEncrypt gets a worrisome extension; additional news, errata, miscellany… and how exactly DOES that “I really really promise I'm not a robot (really!)” non-CAPTCHA checkbox CAPTCHA work? 63 MB 16 MB 478 KB 156 KB 98 KB 175 KB

Listener Feedback #245 This week, Leo and I discuss ticket-buying bots getting their hand slapped (do they have hands?), a truly nasty new addition to encrypting ransomware operation, a really dumb old problem returns to many recent Netgear routers, Yahoo!'s being too pleased with their bug bounty program, Steganometric advertising malware that went undetected for two years, uBlock Origin readies for a big new platform, what exactly is the BitDefender "BOX"? (We wish we knew!), VeraCrypt was audited... next up is OpenVPN! (Yay!), the definitive answer to the question of where Spock's thumb should be, Steve's new relaxing and endless puzzler, and... questions from our listeners! 63 MB 16 MB 375 KB 161 KB 101 KB 179 KB

Listener Feedback #244 Leo and I discuss Android meeting Gooligan, Windows Upgrades bypass Bitlocker, nearly one million UK routers taken down by a Mirai variant, the popular AirDroid app is "Doing it wrong", researchers invent a clever credit card disclosure hack, Cloudflare reports a new emerging botnet threat, deliberate backdoors discovered in 80 different models of Sony IP cameras, we get some closure on our SanFran MUNI hacker, a fun hack with Amazon's Echo and Google's Home, How to kill a USB port in seconds, a caution about keyless entry (and exit), too-easy-to-spoof fingerprint readers, an extremely troubling report from the UK, and finally some good news: the open-source covert USB hack defeating “BeamGun”!... plus a bunch of fun miscellany, some great Sci-Fi reader/listener book news, and... however many questions we're able to get to by the end of two hours! 55 MB 14 MB 176 KB 134 KB 88 KB 157 KB

Listener Feedback #243 Leo and I discuss share a wonderful quote about random numbers, our standard interesting mix of security do's and dont's, new exploits (WordPress dodged a big bullet!), planned changes, tips & tricks, things to patch, a new puzzle/game discovery, some other fun miscellany... and ten comments, thoughts and questions from our terrific listeners! 55 MB 14 MB 270 KB 147 KB 90 KB 163 KB

Mobile & IoT Nightmares Leo and I discuss this week's major dynamic duo stories: Samy Kamkar is back with a weaponized $5 Raspberry Pi, and el cheapo Android phones bring new meaning to "phoning it in." Another big unrelated Android problem; watching a webcam getting taken over; Bruce Schneier speaks to Congress about the Internet; another iPhone lock screen bypass and another iPhone lockup link; ransomware author asks a security researcher for help fixing their broken crypto; Britain finally passed that very extreme surveillance law; some more fun miscellany, and more. 59 MB 15 MB 190 KB 141 KB 93 KB 166 KB

The BlackNurse Attack Leo and I discuss the results from our listener’s informal CAIDA spoofing testing; how “LessPass” turned out to be even less than it appeared; my great day at Yubico; a whole bunch of IoT news; updates from PwnFest and Mobile Pwn2Own; a bit of miscellany, including the probable elimination of the need for Dark Matter; a new WiFi field disturbance attack; a wacky Kickstarter “fingerprint” glove; and the “BlackNurse” reduced-bandwidth DoS attack. 63 MB 16 MB 218 KB 158 KB 101 KB 176 KB

The Windows AtomBomb Leo and I discuss the answer to last week’s security & privacy puzzler, Let's Encrypt Squarespace, the new open source “LessPass” app, LastPass goes mobile-free, many problems with OAuth, popular Internet services' privacy concerns, news from the IP spoofing front, Microsoft clarifies Win10 update settings and winds down EMET, a hacker finds a serious flaw in Gmail, MySQL patches need to be installed now, a tweet from Paul Thurrott, a bit of errata and... and the Windows AtomBomb attack. 58 MB 15 MB 341 KB 136 KB 91 KB 163 KB

Listener Feedback #242 Leo and I discuss an oh-so-subtle side-channel attack on Intel processors, the quest for verifiable hacker-proof code (which oh-so-subtle side-channel attacks on processors can exploit anyway), another compiler optimization security gotcha, the challenge of adding new web features without opening routes of exploitation, some good news about the DMCA, Matthew Green and the DMCA, and how the relentless MPAA and RIAA are still pushing limits and threatening the Internet. 55 MB 14 MB 674 KB 137 KB 89 KB 159 KB

Drammer Leo and I discuss last week’s major attack on DNS, answering the question of whether or not the Internet is still working. We look at Linux’s worrisome “Dirty COW” bug, rediscovered in the kernel after nine years. We address the worrisome average lifetime of Linux bugs; share a bit of errata and miscellany; and offer an in-depth analysis of Drammer, the new, largely unpatchable, Android mobile device Rowhammer 30second exploit. 54 MB 14 MB 269 KB 145 KB 86 KB 156 KB

Listener Feedback #241 Leo and I discuss some serious concerns raised over compelled biometric authentication, then do a detailed dive into the recently completed audit of VeraCrypt, the successor to TrueCrypt. We’ve got more on web browsers fatiguing system main SSD storage and a bunch of interesting miscellany, including a question asked of Elon Musk: “Are we living within a simulated reality?” We conclude with 11 questions and observations from our terrific listeners. 60 MB 15 MB 199 KB 170 KB 97 KB 175 KB

Yahoo & Primal Worries Leo and I discuss today’s Windows Update changes for 7 and 8.1. An exploit purchaser offers a $1.5 million bounty for iOS hacks. WhisperSystems encounters its first bug. An IEEE study reveals pervasive “security fatigue” among users. We’ve got Firefox and Chrome news, WoSign Woes, Samsung Note 7 news, some errata, a bunch of miscellany, and a look into new Yahoo troubles and concerns over the possibility of hidden trapdoors in widely deployed prime numbers. 58 MB 15 MB 132 KB 163 KB 93 KB 170 KB

Listener Feedback #240 Father Robert and I discuss an “update” on Microsoft’s GWX remover; an encouraging direction for the Windows 10 Edge browser; HP in the doghouse; “Oh, yeah, that’s what I meant to say about how to upgrade a site’s password hashing”; a really terrific Dynamic DNS hack; another update on Windows Update; a distressing heads-up about how some unseen behavior of our web browsers is fatiguing our SSDs; a bit of errata and miscellany; and then a discussion of feedback from our terrific listeners. 54 MB 13 MB 154 KB 107 KB 88 KB 148 KB

A Very Busy Week Father Robert and I discuss Brian Krebs’ forced move from Akamai to Google’s Project Shield, Yahoo’s record-breaking, massive 500-million-user data breach, and Apple’s acknowledged iOS 10 backup PBKDF flaw. A well-known teen hacker jailbreaks his new iPhone 7 in 24 hours. Microsoft formally allows removal of GWX. There’s a new OpenSSL server DoS flaw, also more WoSign/StartCom woes as Mozilla prepares to pull the plug. BitTorrent Sync is renamed and more deeply documented. Then we have a bit of errata, some miscellany, and 10 questions and comments from our terrific listeners. 57 MB 14 MB 144 KB 115 KB 96 KB 161 KB

GRC’s XSS Adventure Father Robert and I discuss concerns over a significant expansion in effectively warrantless intrusion into end-user computers; the forthcoming change in Internet governance; generation of a shiny new (and bigger) DNSSEC root signing key; Google’s next move in using Chrome to push for improved security; the interesting details emerging from a successful NAND memory cloning attack on the iPhone 5c; some fun miscellany. Then I share the details and findings of a recent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) problem on GRC, including the best website security scanner I found and now recommend! 67 MB 17 MB 119 KB 125 KB 108 KB 177 KB

Listener Feedback #239 Leo and I discuss a bit of Flip Feng Shui follow-up; Apple’s announcements; Android’s rough week; wireless device privacy leakages; some fun miscellany; and 10 questions, comments, and observations from our terrific listeners. 49 MB 13 MB 169 KB 150 KB 85 KB 158 KB

Flip Feng Shui Leo and I discuss the continuing woes of WoSign. Autonomous micro-recon drones turn out to be real. A new crypto attack on short block ciphers prompts immediate changes in OpenVPN and OpenSSL. We introduce a new Security Now! Abbreviation, “YAWTTY,” Yet Another Way To Track You. We continue with discouraging social engineering experiment, another clever USB attack, a bunch of fun miscellany, and a look at the weaponizing of Rowhammer with “Flip Feng Shui,” the most incredibly righteous and sublime hack ever, ending with our follow-up to last week's Security Now! Puzzler. 62 MB 15 MB 244 KB 156 KB 97 KB 172 KB

Pegasus & Trident This week, Leo and I catch up with the past week’s news including the Dropbox and Opera incidents; a Chinese certificate authority who could not have been more irresponsible; the changing Facebook and WhatsApp information sharing arrangement; the FBI’s disclosure of election site hacking; Tavis Ormandy’s Dashlane and 1Password vulnerability disclosures, the threat of autonomous weapon systems; WiFi router radio wave spying; and the details behind Pegasus and Trident, the emergency Apple iOS v9.3.5 patch. 57 MB 15 MB 283 KB 150 KB 92 KB 167 KB

Routers & Micro Kernels This week, Leo and I catch up with the past week’s news.  Did the Shadow Brokers hack the NSA’s Equation Group? Apple’s Bug Bounty gets quickly outbid. A critical flaw is discovered in the RNG of GnuPG. The EFF weighs in on Windows 10. The Chrome browser is frightening people unnecessarily. A Johns Hopkins team of cryptographers, including Matthew Green, disclose a weakness in Apple’s iMessage technology. We discuss surprisingly and sadly unused router hardware capabilities and then answer the question: “What’s a microkernel?” 51 MB 13 MB 222 KB 118 KB 80 KB 143 KB

News & Memory This week, Leo and I catch up with the past week’s news. Did Microsoft lose control of its secure boot Golden Key? We discuss AdBlock, unblock, counter-unblock, and that counter-counter-unblock is well underway. Leo tells a story from the field about Avast A/V. A “security is hard to do” mistake is found in an update to the Internet’s TCP protocol. We talk about Microsoft’s evolving Windows Update policies, an über-cool way for developers to decrypt and inspect their Firefox and Chrome local TLS traffic, a nice write-up of our “three dumb routers” solution, trouble with Windows Identity leak mitigation, yet another way of exfiltrating data from an air-gapped PC, and some fun miscellany. We wrap up with a discussion of Intel’s forthcoming memory breakthrough. 62 MB 15 MB 386 KB 149 KB 97 KB 172 KB

DEF CON & Black Hat, Part 1 This week, following the DEF CON and Black Hat conferences, Leo and I catch up with the past week’s crazy news, including a distressing quantity of distressing Win10 news, Apple’s changing bug bounty policy, newly disclosed Android takeover flaws, yet another way to track web visitors, hackers spoofing Tesla auto sensors, Firefox and LastPass news, and some miscellany. Then a 19-year-old stubborn decision by Microsoft comes home to roost, and a handful of new problems are found with HTTP. 64 MB 16 MB 212 KB 171 KB 104 KB 184 KB

Phishing & Filtering Leo and I catch up with the past week’s security happenings, including LastPass vulnerabilities, new wireless keyboard headaches, deprecating SMS as a second authentication factor, obtaining Windows 10 for free after July, and a bit of errata and miscellany. Then we discuss RAID storage redundancy, the pervasive problem with website spoofing, and the power and application of multi-interface packet filtering. 54 MB 13 MB 315 KB 124 KB 83 KB 149 KB

Listener Feedback #238 Leo and I first catch up with the past week’s security happenings, including Apple getting Stagefright and speculation as to whether Russia is trying to influence the U.S. presidential election. Microsoft battles and wins against U.S. privacy overreach. Grace Hopper, who coined the term “software bug,” brilliantly demonstrates a nanosecond. We’ve got a bug-fix update to pfSense, a “doing it weird” look at the CUJO security appliance, a bunch of errata, a bit of miscellany, and a dozen notes and questions from our terrific listeners. 58 MB 15 MB 289 KB 171 KB 99 KB 181 KB

Messenger, CryptoDrop, & Riffle Leo and I catch up with a fun and interesting week of security happenings, including a bit of daylight on the password sharing question; the trouble with self-reporting security breaches; trouble in TOR-land; what future AI assistants mean for our privacy; a terrific-looking new piece of security monitoring freeware; a startlingly worrisome 20-year-old fundamental Windows architectural design flaw; a problem with Juniper routers’ OS certificate validation; some errata; a bunch of miscellany; and the promised follow-up dissection of Facebook Messenger’s extra features, the anti-ransomware CryptoDrop, and MIT’s “Riffle” anonymity-enforcing networking solution. 59 MB 15 MB 474 KB 145 KB 93 KB 165 KB

Listener Feedback #237 Leo and I catch up with a fun and interesting week of security happenings including Facebook Messenger’s end-to-end encryption, Russia’s President Putin, the fate of Russian-based VPN endpoints, Russian hackers compromising iOS devices, my promised follow-up on that Lenovo SMM hack which suddenly looked a lot more worrisome, the apparent illegality of password sharing, post-quantum crypto testing in Chrome, reconsidering antivirus add-ons, Pokemon Go woes, a possible defense against cryptomalware, news from the “of course someone had to try this” department, miscellany including the return of “Mr. Robot,” Leo moves to FreeBSD, a recent pfSense facelift, Apollo assembly language source, even more – and, time permitting, five questions from Twitter. 57 MB 14 MB 460 KB 176 KB 98 KB 179 KB

Hacking Certificates Leo and I catch up with another packed week of security news, including an update on mobile ransomware; the successful extraction of Android's full disk encryption (FDE) master keys; Google's Tavis Ormandy finds horrific flaws in all Symantec traffic analyzing software; a Brazilian judge is at it again with WhatsApp; this week's IoT horror story; some miscellany and errata; and, finally, a look at a horribly flawed attempt to copy Let's Encrypt automation of free SSL certificate issuance. 55 MB 14 MB 491 KB 133 KB 85 KB 154 KB

Listener Feedback #236 Leo and I catch up with a fun and interesting week of security happenings, including an expensive Windows update, a worrisome FBI hacking court decision, a fix for slow Windows 7 updating, more Comodo slime, JavaScript cryptomalware, yet another way to exfiltrate data from an air-gapped computer, a worrisome Netgear router flaw, the COOLEST brilliant new idea of the year, some miscellany, and questions and comments from our terrific listeners. 60 MB 15 MB 253 KB 189 KB 106 KB 192 KB

Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Father Robert and I begin by catching up with a week of mostly clickbait stories and case studies of real-world insecurity. Then we take a very deep dive into the operation of Intel’s forthcoming anti-hacking chip enhancement known as “Control-Flow Enforcement Technology.” 65 MB 17 MB 267 KB 126 KB 105 KB 174 KB

Listener Feedback #235 Leo and I catch up with a busy week of security happenings including Symantec’s worrisome purchase of Blue Coat Systems, a bad bug in Chrome, more news from the hacker Peace, Let’s Encrypt’s email glitch, more Microsoft telemetry concerns, some sci-fi updates, and questions and comments from our terrific listeners. 52 MB 13 MB 246 KB 124 KB 84 KB 152 KB

IoT Infancy (pt.2) After I rant a bit about the reality of OS versions and security, Leo and I cover the past week’s security events, including a new zero-day vulnerability affecting all previous versions of Windows; a truly horrifying and clever chip-level exploit; yesterday’s Android Security Update; a sad side-effect of Microsoft’s GWX pressure; Mark Zuckerberg’s old LinkedIn password; Facebook’s plans for optionally encrypting Facebook Messenger; five things that challenge self-driving cars; and some miscellany. Then we conclude our look at the horrifying problems with our infantile Internet of Things. 47 MB 12 MB 339 KB 100 KB 70 KB 128 KB

IoT Infancy (pt.1) Leo and I first cover the past week’s security events, including the collapse of the Feinstein-Burr encryption bill, the result of the Oracle/Google trial, Google’s attempts to keep Android in the field up-to-date, an intermediate certificate issued to an Internet appliance maker, lots of bad news about laptop add-on bloatware, and an update on SQRL’s development. Then we take the first of two weeks’ look at the many problems with our infantile Internet of Things. 64 MB 16 MB 458 KB 149 KB 98 KB 173 KB

Listener Feedback #234 Leo and I catch up with a busy week of security happenings, including a surprising end to the TeslaCrypt file encrypting malware, Google’s increasing squeeze on Flash, 117 million old LinkedIn account email and hashed passwords for sale, the encryption technology Google is using in their new Allo messaging app, Cory Doctorow keeps fighting for our rights, some fun miscellany, and questions and comments from our terrific listeners. 55 MB 13 MB 233 KB 157 KB 94 KB 173 KB

Z-Wave Goodbye Leo and I catch up with a busy week of security happenings, including Steve’s true feelings about Windows, the Oracle/Google Java API battle, the end of “burner” phones, public audio surveillance, more John McAfee entertainment, a Ring Doorbell glitch, a loony Kickstarter security product campaign, some miscellany, and a look at the closed proprietary Z-Wave IoT home automation system and some hidden problems with one of its door locks. 49 MB 12 MB 539 KB 147 KB 80 KB 151 KB

Dumb SmartThings Leo and I discuss an interesting week packed with security news, including Microsoft's Mega Patch Tuesday; the final word from Dr. Craig Wright; Lenovo, Microsoft, and Qualcomm each in separate doghouses; more Curl Bashing; terrorist math; lots more - and a look at the insecurity of the most popular home automation system, Samsung's SmartThings. 55 MB 14 MB 392 KB 139 KB 85 KB 155 KB

Listener Feedback #233 Leo and I discuss another interesting week of security news including the U.S. Congress’s passage of the Email Privacy Act, the Snowden/Zakaria encryption debate, the still unresolved question of compelling fingerprint unlocking, more Android trouble with Stagefright, WhatsApp going dark in Brazil again, the return of Who Is Satoshi, Steve’s fabulous new puzzle discovery, and more. Plus some more questions from Security Now! listeners if we have any time left. 54 MB 14 MB 304 KB 179 KB 94 KB 175 KB

Listener Feedback #232 Leo and I discuss an interesting week of security news, including an update on Let’s Encrypt’s growth, the advance in encryption thanks to Edward Snowden, a clever bypass for Windows AppLocker, Opera’s built-in VPN that isn’t, more crypto ransomware evolution, fake DDoS extortionists, some DNSSEC follow-up, and 10 great questions and talking points from our 200,000-plus weekly listeners! 57 MB 14 MB 666 KB 197 KB 98 KB 186 KB

SMTP STS Leo and I discuss the outcry following the “60 Minutes” high-visibility demonstration of real-time cellular phone hacking. We also cover the news of the Canadian RCMP having BlackBerry’s master decryption key; the end of Apple’s QuickTime; what the FBI found (or didn’t) on the San Bernardino attacker’s phone; and a revisit of Threema, WhatsApp, and Signal. Then, after a bit of miscellany, we take a look at a newly proposed specification for increasing eMail security known as “SMTP STS.” 49 MB 12 MB 267 KB 130 KB 76 KB 142 KB

WhatsApp Leo and I try to cover all of an insanely busy week's security events and news. A draft of the much-anticipated Burr-Feinstein encryption bill has appeared; news from the FBI on hacking iPhones; browser and Let's Encrypt news; several CCTV malware bits; a bunch of new ransomware; an amazing "You're Doing It Wrong"; and the result of my deep dive into the Open Whisper Systems "Signal" communications protocol that's finally been fully integrated into the world's #1 multiplatform messaging system, WhatsApp, along with two things that MUST be done to get true security. 65 MB 16 MB 485 KB 174 KB 102 KB 185 KB

Listener Feedback #231 Leo and I discuss a quiet week’s few security events, sharing some thoughts about Internet of Things (IoT) security, Bruce Schneier on Apple and the FBI, and some miscellany. Then we open the Security Now! mailbag to hear from our listeners their experiences and thoughts, and answer their questions. 50 MB 13 MB 234 KB 157 KB 88 KB 164 KB

Too Much News Leo and I discuss a VERY interesting week of news: The FBI dropping its case against Apple, claiming not to need them any longer; a distressing possible smartphone encryption law for California; TrueCrypt's origins; a Certificate Authority horror; more hospitals hit with ransomware; a bad flaw in the SMB protocol; finally some good news on the IoT front; GRC's new Never10 freeware; and a discussion of the monster PC I just built. 60 MB 15 MB 944 KB 186 KB 100 KB 183 KB

D.R.O.W.N. Padre and I discuss the week’s major security events, including the FBI’s hearing delay, Matthew Green’s iMessage attack, a side-channel attack on phones, a massive malvertising campaign affecting many major sites, the 2016 Pwn2Own contest, a new Android Stagefright vulnerability and attack, and some other miscellany. We then describe the DROWN attack against up-to-date TLS servers using still-present SSLv2 protocol. 71 MB 18 MB 358 KB 135 KB 112 KB 183 KB

Listener Feedback #230 Leo and I discuss the week's major security events - including lots of new fur flying over the escalating Apple v. FBI/DoJ encryption battle - 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. 58 MB 15 MB 184 KB 188 KB 100 KB 184 KB

CacheBleed Leo and I discuss an event-filled week of security news (with some comic relief courtesy of John McAfee on the Apple conflict), after which we examine the latest side-channel attack, which is effective even against carefully written crypto code designed to thwart side-channel attacks. 57 MB 14 MB 402 KB 179 KB 93 KB 172 KB

Listener Feedback #229 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. 60 MB 15 MB 249 KB 174 KB 102 KB 183 KB

DDoS Attack Mitigation Steve and Leo discuss Apple's response to the FBI's court order, the hack of the Linux Mint distribution, more Comodo bad news, a major cryptoware ransom paid, and follow-ups on the glibc and Apple Error 53 stories. Then Steve details everything that has transpired since last week's "GRC Is Down" episode. 54 MB 14 MB 409 KB 135 KB 83 KB 152 KB

GRC is DOWN Leo and I discuss the overzealous DDoS attack ongoing against GRC.com, an ECDH key-stealing exploit, a buffer overflow problem in glibc, innovations in data storage, and Bruce Schneier’s Worldwide Survey of Encryption Products. 58 MB 15 MB 361 KB 150 KB 92 KB 166 KB

Router Q&A Follow-up After catching up with the most interesting security news of the past week, Leo and I address three representative questions posed by listeners regarding last week's “Three Dumb Routers” episode. 55 MB 14 MB 275 KB 152 KB 87 KB 160 KB

Three Dumb Routers Leo and I catch up with the past week's small amount of security news, then they talk a bit about Steve's discovery of a rare and wonderful true EEG sleep monitor and various other miscellany. Then Steve digs deep into home consumer router operation to explain why no fewer than "three dumb routers" are required for full, true, securely isolated network operation. 56 MB 14 MB 244 KB 147 KB 88 KB 160 KB

Listener Feedback #228 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. 55 MB 14 MB 214 KB 153 KB 92 KB 168 KB

LostPass Leo and I cover another busy week of security news. Then we focus upon the recent "LostPass" phishing hack of LastPass, revealed at ShmooCon, and discuss the Internet's serious problem with phishing of all kinds. 53 MB 13 MB 592 KB 140 KB 85 KB 155 KB

Listener Feedback #227 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. 63 MB 16 MB 368 KB 189 KB 106 KB 190 KB

New Year's News The last two weeks of 2015 generated so much news that this first podcast of 2016 catches us up on everything that happened since our last podcast of 2015. 46 MB 12 MB 440 KB 149 KB 81 KB 153 KB

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