Security Now (Audio)
Hosted by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent · TWiT
4.7from 2,627 ratings
- 167
- Episodes
- 162
- Transcribed
- 2,627
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 84M
- YouTube views
About Security Now (Audio)
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 (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) 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 (https://twit.memberful.com/checkout?plan=134288) ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Tuesday.
- Publisher
- TWiT
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
162 of 167 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
SN 1103: Exposing Bad Consumer Crypto - AI vs. Encrypted Drives
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SN 1102: A Strategic Plug Pull - Lessons From a Global Patch-and-Panic Fire Drill
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SN 1101: ECDSA's Curves Origins - When AI Becomes the Attacker
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SN 1103: Exposing Bad Consumer Crypto - AI vs. Encrypted Drives
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Lenovo. Neatac, Kakasoft, Nexcopy, and Seczure, S-E-C-Z-U-R-E. They wrote, a Lenovo USB stick with a fingerprint reader was sold as hardware encrypted by AES-256. Inside sat an ordinary SD card. Nothing on it was encrypted. The fingerprint only switched on the USB connection. Wow. Wow. I mean, okay. […]
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- YouTube views
- 83,735,279
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 2,021 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 606 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts Security Now (Audio)?
Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent host the show. Published by TWiT.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Security Now (Audio) take guests?
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