Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily Spectre and Meltdown patches may be messy, but not as performance-killing as feared. AMT exploit. Mobile ICS apps. Monero mining. Badness in the Play Store. Huawei ban? Droning while drunk.

Spectre and Meltdown patches may be messy, but not as performance-killing as feared. AMT exploit. Mobile ICS apps. Monero mining. Badness in the Play Store. Huawei ban? Droning while drunk.

Published: Jan. 12, 2018, 9:22 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that\xa0Spectre\xa0and Meltdown\xa0have continued to receive patches, and they may not be as performance-killing as feared. F-Secure says if you leave your laptop alone it could be\xa0pwned\xa0in 30 seconds. Mobile ICS apps seem to be getting less, not more, secure. Google boots more bad stuff from the Play Store.\xa0Monero\xa0miners afflict unpatched Oracle WebLogic servers (so patch). The US Congress considers a Huawei\xa0ban.\xa0Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the Internet\xa0Stormcast\xa0podcast on IoT gifts. Guest is\xa0Phil\xa0Reitinger\xa0from the Global Cyber Alliance, an international, non-profit organization headquartered in New York City and\xa0London that is focused on eradicating systemic cybersecurity risks.\xa0And New Jersey is considering solving one of its biggest problems: droning under the influence. Sprung from cages on Highway 9 or not, don't try that on the turnpike, kids.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices