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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.
Episodes
- SN 1077: A Browser AI API? - End of Bug Bounties?
The episode discusses Google's integration of a large AI model into Chrome, sparking an AI arms race in browsers. It also explores how AI might signal the end of bug bounties and covers various security news including Linux privilege escal…
- SN 1076: FAST16.SYS - Unmasking the NSA's Most Diabolical Digital Sabotage
This episode of Security Now covers the discovery of FAST16.SYS, a 21-year-old NSA rootkit that corrupted scientific research, and discusses a supply-chain attack on Bitwarden CLI, commercial router failures in Iran, and Meta logging emplo…
- SN 1075: Yes. Exactly. - The Zero-Day Ticking Clock
The Security Now episode SN 1075 discusses the arrival of AI-driven bug hunting, with tools like Mythos finding numerous vulnerabilities. It covers a developer disclosing Windows zero-days, Microsoft buying its own bugs, issues with VeraCr…
- SN 1074: What Mythos Means - Marketing or Mayhem
Security Now episode 1074, "What Mythos Means - Marketing or Mayhem," explores the idea that we might be in the most consequential hundred days of cyber history. The arrival of AI capable of autonomously chaining zero-day vulnerabilities s…
- SN 1073: The FCC Bans New Consumer Routers - LinkedIn's JavaScript Bombshell
Security Now episode 1073 discusses the FCC's ban on new consumer routers, citing security concerns and potential lawsuits. It also covers LinkedIn's privacy-invading JavaScript, Apple's age queries, Microsoft updates, a Cisco source code…
- SN 1072: LiteLLM - Click Fix Attacks Surge
Security Now episode 1072 covers the averted Light LLM supply chain hack, the increasing prevalence of AI bots on Reddit, age verification mandates in iOS, Russia's adoption of domestic 5G encryption, and other cybersecurity topics.
- SN 1071: Bucketsquatting - Meta and TikTok's Tracking Pixels
In episode 1071 of Security Now, hosts Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent cover "Bucketsquatting," Meta and TikTok
- SN 1070: CISA's Free Internet Scanning - Malware Disguised as a VPN
Steve Gibson highlights CISA
- SN 1069: You can't hide from LLMs - Was Your Smart TV a Stealth Proxy?
Security Now episode 1069 covers the potential for Large Language Models to de-anonymize users, improvements to Firefox security by Anthropic and Mozilla, and cross-platform RCS encryption testing by Apple and Google. The episode also touc…
- SN 1068: The Call Is Coming From Inside the House - Live From Zero Trust World 2026
Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte hosted a special live episode of Security Now from Zero Trust World 2026, focusing on the critical need for internal network security and the implementation of zero trust principles.