Smashing Security podcast #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.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

David McClelland – @DavidMcClelland

Show notes:

• Apple fixes the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Macs, iPhones, and iPads
• Spectre? Meltdown? F*CKWIT? Calm down and make yourself some tea
• Until your anti-virus adds this Registry key, you aren't getting any more Windows security updates
• Important information about Microsoft Meltdown CPU security fixes, antivirus vendors and you
• Ouch! Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre security update bricks some AMD-powered PCs
• Ripple soars, becomes second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap
• BICHIP
• Would you store Ripple and Bitcoin in 'mark of the beast' microchip?
• Biohacker Summit 2017 – Uniting Technology & Nature
• Meet the first humans to sense where north is
• White House bans use of personal devices from West Wing
• “Fire and Fury” Is a Book All Too Worthy of the President
• Portal Knights – The award-winning sandbox action-RPG adventure game
• Portal Knights trailer for Nintendo Switch – YouTube
• Focus – Productivity Timer on the App Store
• Casefile: True Crime Podcast
• Smashing Security on Facebook
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
• Support us on Patreon!

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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.