Smashing Security podcast #060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House

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Smashing Security #060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House

The chips are down, as tech companies struggle to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre flaws. The White House is getting tough on leakers by banning personal devices from the West Wing. And someone has been embedding a Bitcoin wallet into their hand…

All this and much much more is discussed in latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by David McClelland.

Smashing Security #060: 'Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House'

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Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

David McClelland – @DavidMcClelland

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.

One comment on “Smashing Security podcast #060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House”

  1. Northstar Bristol

    A very interesting podcast. Security is a daily challenge that will never end and will only ever become more complex

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