Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. Winner of the 2009 and 2007 people's choice award for best Technology/Science podcast. Records live at https://twit.tv/live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.

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Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. Winner of the 2009 and 2007 people's choice award for best Technology/Science podcast. Records live at https://twit.tv/live every Tuesday at 4:30pm Eastern / 1:30pm Pacific / 20:30 UTC.
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December 28, 2021
SN 851: Best of 2021
Leo Laporte walks through some of the highlights of the show and most impactful stories of 2021. Stories include: • SolarWinds Hack Detailed By Microsoft • Crispy Subtitles from Lay's • Remembering Dan Kaminsky • REvil Hacks Apple Supplier Quanta Computer • The “Doom” CAPTCHA • How Colonial Pipeline Was Breached • When John McAfee Called Steve Gibson • T-Mobile Subscribers: Do This Now • “Internet Anonymity” is an Oxymoron

December 21, 2021
SN 850: It's a Log4j Christmas
There was no way that a massively widespread vulnerability in Java with a CVSS score of 10.0 would be wrapped up in a week. So this week we'll look at the further consequences of the Log4j vulnerabilities, including the two additional updates the Apache group have since released. But before that we'll look at what will hopefully be Chrome's final zero-day patch of the year, Firefox's surprise refusal to take its users to Microsoft.com, and Mozilla's decision to protect its users from Windows 10 cloud-based clipboard sharing. We have a new and interesting means of increasing the power of fraudulent cell tower Stingray attacks, and a continuing threat from cross-radio WiFi-to-Bluetooth leakage. We'll touch on a sci-fi reminder and a SpinRite update, then dig into what's happened since last week on the Log4j front.

December 14, 2021
SN 849: Log4j & Log4Shell
This week we will, of course, be discussing what's being called the worst Internet-wide security catastrophe in recent memory. Log4Shell is not like Spectre or Meltdown, which were academic theories. This is at the far other end of that spectrum. But first we're going to talk a bit about last week's massive Amazon network services outage and the unfortunate but probably inevitable abuse of Apple's AirTag ecosystem. I need to correct the record over my undeserved praise, last week, for Windows 11 and its loosening grip over its Edge browser association, and we need to warn all WordPress site admins about a new and serious set of threats. We have a single item of closing the loop feedback about today's main topic, a bit of Sci-Fi and a SpinRite update. Then, we'll roll up our sleeves and by the end of today's episode listening will understand exactly how, why and what happened with Log4j and Log4Shell.
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