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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Crypto

ForAllSecure

Back in 2018, they bought $50,000 in cryptocurrency and then locked it safely within their Trezor One wallet. But here’s the thing, after 16 guesses the data on the wallet would automatically erase. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. Yeah, like that.

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Padlocks, Phishing and Privacy; The Value Proposition of a VPN

Troy Hunt

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there? I mean what's the remaining gap?

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

pic.twitter.com/4NK5GAm1z2 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 24, 2018. Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech.

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