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Security Now 264: Side Channel Privacy Leaking

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Consequences of the web not being designed for privacy, including non-consensual user tracking.

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Running time: 1:09:56



Security Now 263: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 99

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Out-Of-Cycle update from Adobe, Apple security update, binary planting, Spanair 2008 crash, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:26:23



Security Now 262: Strict Transport Security

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Apple fixes the jailbreak hole, trojans on Android, Strict Transport Security (STS), and more.

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Running time: 1:05:40



Security Now 261: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 98

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

PayPal discontinues their virtual credit card service, RIM placing servers in Saudi Arabia, Firefox v4 updates silently, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:18:06



Security Now 260: DNS Rebinding

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Windows .LNK vulnerability fixed, Google's WiFi "overcollection" in the UK, news from Blackhat, DNS rebinding, and more.

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Running time: 1:29:32



Security Now 259: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 97

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Firefox mega security update, WPA2 broken?, .LNK viruses in the wild, infected Dell motherboards, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:39:30



Security Now 258: Five Years Of Vulnerabilities

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Windows shell worm in the wild, Security Essentials 2.0 beta, Secunia's 5-year analysis, and more.

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Running time: 1:32:03



Security Now 257: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 96

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Chrome update, ClearCloud DNS, Microsoft and Russian camaraderie, LastPass, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:28:03



Security Now 256: LastPass Security

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Steve thoroughly evaluates LastPass, explains why high-security passwords are necessary, and tells us how LastPass makes storing those passwords secure.

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Running time: 1:54:05



Security Now 255: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 95

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Out of cycle Acrobat and Reader updates, Firefox improvements, flawed SSL study, internet kill switch, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:19:50



Security Now 254: What We'll Do For Speed

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

The 25 year legacy of unbelievably complex technologies used in microprocessors to maximize performance.

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Running time: 1:27:34



Security Now 253: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 94

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Mac update, AT&T hijinks, another zero-day vulnerability from Microsoft, Adobe delays pdf fix, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:20:58



Security Now 252: RISCy Business

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Adobe zero-day, overwrought iPad security news, the evolution of computing architectures, and more.

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Running time: 1:32:41



Security Now 251: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 93

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Tabnabbing, Adobe security rumors, iPad data plan changes, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:35:22



Security Now 250: Operating Systems

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Manually updating IrfanView and Free Download Manager, Google wifi litigation, how operating systems work, and more.

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Running time: 1:50:49



Security Now 249: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 92

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Shockwave issues, Mozilla's plug-in check, weaponized email, hacking cars, your questions, and more.

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Running time: 1:50:49



Security Now 248: The Portable Dog Killer

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Patch tuesday, laptop camera surveillance, Yahoo! messenger worm, and more.

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Running time: 1:40:58



Security Now 247: The Multiverse

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Opera vulnerabilities, Adobe PDF insecurities, malware from the US Treasury, Steve joins Twitter, and more.

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Running time: 1:20:55




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