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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 52

David and Jeff discuss Fortnite (again!), the T-Mobile data breach, and how a fish tank helped, in a way, with the development of the modern Internet.

David Buxton
August 30, 2018

In the anniversary episode of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, Jeff and I discuss some hot IT-related topics. Keeping it to 20 minutes or less, as always, we sort out the spat between Epic Games and Google intensifying after Google disclosed a vulnerability in Fortnite, what the recent US T-Mobile data breach means for you, and how a fish tank helped (in a small way) to develop some of the modern Internet protocols and systems we still use today.

Further reading:

MitM and DoS attacks on domains through the use of residual certificates

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Tips

How to safely convert files

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Spam 101: what is spam, and how to defeat it

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New Year’s resolutions for a cybersecure 2025

Mistakes to learn from in 2024 – and resolutions for a safer 2025.

How safe is encrypted file storage?

Threats to data stored in Sync, pCloud, and other encrypted alternatives to Dropbox.

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