Steve Gibson (computer programmer) explained

Steve Gibson
Nickname:"Steve Tiberious Gibson"[1]
Birth Date:26 March 1955[2]
Birth Place:Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[3]
Nationality:American
Known For:Security Now! podcast on TWiT.tv
Education:University of California, Berkeley
Occupation:Software engineer and security analyst

Steven[4] M.[5] Gibson (born March 26, 1955) is an American software engineer, security researcher, and IT security proponent. In the early 1980s, he worked on light pen technology for use with Apple and Atari systems, and in 1985, founded Gibson Research Corporation, best known for its SpinRite software.

Early life

Gibson started working on computers as a teenager, and got his first computing job with Stanford University's artificial intelligence lab when he was 15 years old. He then studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

Gibson was hired as a programmer for California Pacific Computer Company in 1980, where he worked on copy protection for the company's products.[6] He then founded Gibson Laboratories in Laguna Hills, California, in 1981, which developed a light pen for the Apple II, Atari, and other platforms before going out of business in 1983.[7] [8] [9]

In 1985, Gibson founded Gibson Research Corporation (GRC), a computer software development firm,[7] and from 1986 to 1993, he wrote the "Tech Talk" column for InfoWorld magazine.[10]

In 1999, Gibson created one of the first adware removal programs, which he called OptOut.[11] In 2001, he predicted that Microsoft's implementation of the SOCK_RAW protocol in the initial release of Windows XP would lead to widespread chaos by making it easier for Windows XP users to create denial of service (DoS) attacks.[12] [13] [14] That year, his company's website was brought down by DoS attacks which continued for two weeks. Gibson blogged about the attacks and his (ultimately successful) efforts to track down the hacker.[15] Three years after the Windows XP release, Microsoft limited raw socket support in Service Pack 2.[16]

In 2005, he launched a weekly podcast called Security Now with Leo Laporte on TWiT.tv, with its archives hosted on GRC's website.[17] [18]

In 2006, Gibson raised the possibility that the Windows Metafile vulnerability bug was actually a backdoor intentionally engineered into the system.[19] A response by Microsoft,[20] and by Mark Russinovich on Microsoft's Technet blog,[21] stated that the bug appeared to be coding error and that Gibson's reasoning was based upon Microsoft's abort procedure documentation being misleading.

In 2013, he proposed SQRL as a way to simplify the process of authentication without the risk of revelation of information about the transaction to a third party.[22]

GRC products

GRC has created a number of utilities, most of which are freeware.[23] [24]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Security Now! Transcript of Episode #700 . www.grc.com . 2019-02-12.
  2. Web site: Security Now 500 . TWiT.TV . May 15, 2015.
  3. Web site: Security Now! #76, January 25, 2007, Listener Feedback Q&A #15 . August 12, 2019.
  4. Web site: California Business Search for "gibson research corporation" . California Secretary of State . 2017-11-03.
  5. Web site: Security Now! Episode #948 (jump to 2'15) . twit.tv . 2023-11-16.
  6. Knudsen . Richard . Exec California Pacific: Innovative Marketing Budges . Softalk Magazine . January 1981 . 1 . 5 . 34.
  7. Web site: Steve . Gibson . Steve's Resumé . GRC.com . February 8, 2015.
  8. News: Hardware: Light Pen Technology looks to the Micro . Mace . Scott . December 26, 1983 . 61 . InfoWorld . January 27, 2015 . The Gibson Light Pen has been developed for Atari home computers..
  9. Web site: InfoWorld Aug 9, 1982 / P13-17. books.google.com. August 9, 1982. Popular Computing Inc. February 24, 2016.
  10. News: SpinRite upgrade . October 11, 1993 . InfoWorld . ...Steve Gibson, whose Tech Talk column has run in InfoWorld for close to eight years....
  11. Web site: Lavasoft . The History of Spyware . Lavasoft.com . February 8, 2015 . May 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170508021736/http://www.lavasoft.com/mylavasoft/securitycenter/articles/spyware-history . dead .
  12. News: Deborah . Radcliff . Computerworld . October 22, 2001 . Windows XP: Is it safe?.
  13. video . Raw Sockets Debate: Steve Gibson with Tom C. Greene . 2001 . Online Tonight with David Lawrence . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040855/http://www.vpwsys.net/download/grc_low.wma . March 4, 2016 . bot: unknown . February 7, 2015 .
  14. News: Seth . Fogie . InformIT . June 21, 2002 . Raw Sockets Revisited: What Happened to the End of the Internet?.
  15. News: Stuart . Millar . The Guardian . June 5, 2001 . Teenage hackers.
  16. News: Ian . Griffiths . IanG on Tap . August 12, 2004 . Raw Sockets Gone in XP SP2.
  17. Web site: Security Now! Episode Archive . GRC.com . Gibson Research Corporation . February 8, 2015.
  18. News: Andy . Bowers . Slate . December 9, 2005 . Slate's Podcast Roundup.
  19. Web site: Security Now! Episode Archive . GRC.com . Gibson Research Corporation . December 12, 2017.
  20. News: Toulouse. Stephen. January 13, 2006. Looking at the WMF issue, how did it get there?. Microsoft Security Response Center. dead. October 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20060116042756/http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/13/417431.aspx. January 16, 2006.
  21. News: Helweg. Otto. January 18, 2006. Inside the WMF Backdoor. Mark Russinovich's Blog. October 29, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061218003852/http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2006/01/18/inside-the-wmf-backdoor.aspx. December 18, 2006.
  22. Web site: GRC.com . Secure Quick Reliable Login . Steve . Gibson . October 2013.
  23. News: John . Luo . Open-source and general public license programs cost little or nothing. Are they right for your practice? . Current Psychiatry . March 2004.
  24. News: Daniel S. . Coolidge . GPSolo Magazine . January–February 2006 . Cyber-Vermin: Dealing with Dangerous Fauna Infesting the Internet.
  25. News: Softpedia . DNS Benchmark . Softpedia . February 8, 2015.
  26. Book: Orchilles, Jorge . Microsoft Windows 7 Administrator's Reference: Upgrading, Deploying, Managing, and Securing Windows 7 . Syngress . 2010 . 9781597495622 . 10.
  27. Web site: J. D. . Biersdorfer . The New York Times . April 6, 2010 . Q.&A.: Torching Your Firewall — On Purpose.
  28. Book: Leonhard, Woody . Windows XP Timesaving Techniques For Dummies . registration . John Wiley & Sons . 2005 . 9780764596179 . 429–30.
  29. News: First Looks . Edward . Mendelson . Edward Mendelson . Craig L. . Stark . PC Magazine . October 11, 1988 .
  30. Web site: GRC.com . SpinRite . February 8, 2015.
  31. News: Tom . Mainelli . PCWorld . August 2, 2004 . Review: SpinRite 6 to the Rescue.
  32. News: Nate . Anderson . Ars Technica . February 25, 2007 . Experts: No cure in sight for unpredictable hard drive loss.
  33. News: Rob . Rosenberger . Spyware Point . April 1, 2006 . Steve Gibson finally releases DDoS attack tool.
  34. News: Steve Gibson's Never 10 Helps You Turn Off the Windows 10 Upgrade. thurrott.com. March 28, 2016. April 30, 2016. Thurrott . Paul .
  35. News: This simple app will block Microsoft from downloading Windows 10 on your PC. April 30, 2016. businessinsider.com.
  36. Web site: InSpectre will quickly check if your PC is vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre . Thorp-Lancaster . Dan . January 17, 2017 . Windows Central . Mobile Nations . January 17, 2018.
  37. Web site: GRC InitDisk.
  38. Web site: GRC ReadSpeed.
  39. Web site: GRC ValiDrive.
  40. Web site: GRC's UHE PRNG Demo   . 2024-08-17 . www.grc.com.
  41. Web site: GRC's SQRL Secure Quick Reliable Login   . 2024-08-17 . www.grc.com.

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