Security Now (Audio)

Weekly breakdown of cybersecurity threats, hacks and protection strategies AI summary

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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.You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Tuesday.

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SN 1104: The hole in OpenSSH - Password Bypass in Plain Sight

2026-11-10 · 2 hr 38 min · Episode 1104

From hacked French refrigerators igniting fires to a massive OpenSSH authentication bug hiding in plain sight for a decade, this week's stories expose how lapses in basic security ripple into chaos—and why AI is now…
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SN 1103: Exposing Bad Consumer Crypto - AI vs. Encrypted Drives

2026-11-03 · 2 hr 49 min · Episode 1103

What happens when a 27-year-old gets handed the keys to completely refactor nearly all of Cisco's code? This week's episode dives into tech's strangest management bets and the friction brewing inside one of the…
SN 1102: A Strategic Plug Pull - Lessons From a Global Patch-and-Panic Fire Drill

2026-10-27 · 2 hr 54 min · Episode 1102

A newly uncovered PHP vulnerability put nearly 70% of the internet at risk, sending governments and enterprises into a frenzy as AI-powered attackers raced to exploit a flaw that had lurked unnoticed for 14 years. Hear…
SN 1101: ECDSA's Curves Origins - When AI Becomes the Attacker

2026-10-20 · 2 hr 32 min · Episode 1101

An unreleased AI solved a 26-year-old cryptographic secret in less than half an hour, exposing the origins of a widely used standard. Discover what this jaw-dropping breakthrough means for the future of trust and…
SN 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs - AI Frenzy in Cybercrime

2026-10-13 · 2 hr 49 min · Episode 1100

Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments. Anthropic cuts live…
SN 1099: An Alien Mind - From RSA Weakness to Agentic Attacks

2026-10-06 · 3 hr 3 min · Episode 1099

As AI becomes startlingly capable, top minds at OpenAI admit they can't always control what their own creations do—or even fully understand how they think. This episode dives into the real-world tension between rapid…
SN 1098: How worried should we be? - Unpredictable Agents

2026-09-29 · 2 hr 42 min · Episode 1098

With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back…
SN 1098: How worried should we be? - Unpredictable Agents

2026-09-29 · 2 hr 42 min · Episode 1098

With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back…
SN 1097: Mega Patch Tuesday Fallout - When AI Outsmarts Its Makers

2026-09-22 · 2 hr 50 min · Episode 1097

After Microsoft's historic Mega Patch Tuesday, enterprise IT teams worldwide are scrambling as a wave of updates triggers system meltdowns, broken domains, and silent Excel failures. Find out how AI-driven speed…

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Owner: Leo Laporte
Oldest episode in feed: 06/2026
Typical length: 2 hr 49 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: TWiT, Technology, Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte, security, spyware, malware, hacking

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