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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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Kaspersky Password Manager gets a new look

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Two-minute guide to cybersafety

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How to learn from a cybersecurity incident

Analyzing incidents and drawing lessons from them should be an integral part of the incident response process. This can help improve the overall security level of a company.

Password standards: 2024 requirements

Discontinuing mandatory password rotations, banning outdated MFA methods, and other updates in the NIST SP 800-63 standards for digital account authentication and management.

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