Meltdown and Spectre, risks and mitigations. Aadhaar compromised. Blockchain bubbles.

Published: Jan. 5, 2018, 9:38 p.m.

In today's podcast we hear how\xa0Meltdown and\xa0Spectre\xa0have\xa0put the fear of hardware flaws into enterprises everywhere. No family of systems can be safely assumed to be immune. Most are positively identified as vulnerable. Proofs-of-concept show that remote attacks exploiting chips' speculative execution features are feasible. India's Aadhaar national identification database is compromised.\xa0Justin Harvey from Accenture with his outlook on 2018. Guest is Dinah Davis from Code.likeagirl.io and Arctic Wolf Networks. We\u2019re discussing trade shows and conferences, and the importance of having diverse\xa0panels.\xa0Cryptocurrency\xa0speculative mania continues.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices