EPISODE · Aug 13, 2018 · 8 MIN
Security News This Week: Surprise, the FCC Lied About That DDoS Attack
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
It’s Black Hat and DefCon conference time again, when the world’s top security researchers descend on the den of iniquity that is Las Vegas in August and try to scare the bejeezus out of people with new research into ominous hacks. Hooray! WIRED’s been there for a few days already. Lily Hay Newman discovered that several mobile credit card readers are rife with bugs, potentially leaving you exposed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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It’s Black Hat and DefCon conference time again, when the world’s top security researchers descend on the den of iniquity that is Las Vegas in August and try to scare the bejeezus out of people with new research into ominous hacks. Hooray! WIRED’s been there for a few days already. Lily Hay Newman discovered that several mobile credit card readers are rife with bugs, potentially leaving you exposed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Security News This Week: Surprise, the FCC Lied About That DDoS Attack
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