Meltdown and Spectre; two vulnerabilities that affect the majority of computers and portable devices in circulation, need software and perhaps hardware fixes to be secure. Josh discuss an interview he conducted with a security researcher on some particularly malicious adware/malware. We also answer some reader email, and explain what "hashing" is.
Meltdown and Spectre: What Apple Users Need to Know
CERT: Only way to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities is to replace CPU (Update: CERT backtracks) (https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/04/cert-only-way-to-fix-meltdown-and-spectre-vulnerabilities-is-to-replace-cpu/)
Hash function (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function)
Episode 6, Passwords Are Hard
Intego Interviews: Amit Serper on OSX.Pirrit Adware/Malware
About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208394)
Assembly language (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language)
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