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Security Now (Audio)

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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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • SN 1079: Daybreak and Codename MDASH - Microsoft's Edge Password Blunder
    May 20 2026

    OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are racing to unleash next-gen AI that hunts for software vulnerabilities and hacks at scale. This episode explores how these advancements could shake up everything we thought we knew about cybersecurity.

    • Microsoft rethinks Edge's "intended behavior" after it gets press.
    • Chaotic Eclipse hacker strikes again with a Bitlocker bypass.
    • Google's threat analysis group documents malicious AI use.
    • Canada hasn't learned the lessons of the EU and the UK.
    • AI chatbots may be far more addictive than social media.
    • Project: Hail Mary now available to stream.
    • An apparently-serious zero-point quantum vacuum energy source.
    • A bit of listener feedback.
    • OpenAI's & Microsoft's vulnerability discovery systems

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1079-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.

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    2 hrs and 52 mins
  • SN 1078: DigiCert does it right - Hugging Face Under Fire
    May 13 2026

    DigiCert's latest security mishap triggered not just a scramble behind the scenes, but a cascading crisis that briefly wiped trust from millions of Windows systems. Find out how a single support slip, followed by Microsoft's heavy-handed response, left critical infrastructures exposed.

    • The FCC decides router firmware updates are useful.
    • Netgear applies for and gets a full FCC pass.
    • AI uncovers a 21-year old critical FreeBSD RCE.
    • What was behind that Let's Encrypt outage.
    • AI model repositories are overflowing with malware.
    • The CISA 2015 info-sharing act is being renewed.
    • Edge leaves ALL usernames and passwords in the clear.
    • An examination of DigiCert's breach and their response

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1078-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 audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • cyberhoot.com/securitynow
    • guardsquare.com
    • doppel.com
    • outsystems.com/twit
    • threatlocker.com/twit
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    2 hrs and 41 mins
  • SN 1077: A Browser AI API? - End of Bug Bounties?
    May 6 2026

    Google is sneaking a massive 4.7GB AI model into Chrome, and Mozilla is fighting back as the future of browsers threatens to turn into an AI arms race. Find out what's really happening behind this push and why it's setting off alarm bells across the web.

    • Hackers AI-code a portal, forget to add authentication.
    • The UK's NCSC issues a Mythos warning. Where's CISA?
    • Another (of many) Linux local privilege escalations.
    • AI may be spelling the end of bug bounties.
    • Anthropic releases "Claude Security" mini-Mythos.
    • ChatGPT gets very serious about login security.
    • Syncthing's SyncTrayzor v1 abandoned; v2 created.
    • Google drops an AI API into Chrome; Mozilla objects

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1077-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!
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    Sponsors:

    • outsystems.com/twit
    • zscaler.com/security
    • meter.com/securitynow
    • bitwarden.com/twit
    • hoxhunt.com/securitynow
    • trustedtech.team/securitynow365
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    2 hrs and 35 mins
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I look forward to this show every week.

Steve Gibson is legendary and he really knows his stuff - who else could code so well (in assembler) AND develop security solutions which are ahead of their time and GIVE AWAY so many utilities at his site GRC dot com.

Leo Laporte brings some extra spark to the show - as he does across the TWIT (This Week in Technology) network

The only possible non-positive thing to sag might be that they are rather US West Coast - being in California it’s to be expected :)

Thanks to Steve and Leo for informing, educating and entertaining every week for over 1000 shows!

Relatable cyber security for techies and humans too ;)

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

Brilliant

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