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Episode 383: The Power of Shame

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Show Notes

TechSNAP progenitor and special guest Allan Jude joins us to talk mobile security, hand out some SSH tips and tricks, and discuss why security shaming works so well.

Plus, how Mozilla is protecting their GitHub repos, a check-in on Equifax, and some great picks. Special Guest: Allan Jude. Links: Protecting Mozilla’s GitHub Repositories from Malicious Modification

British Airways: Suspect code that hacked fliers 'found'

A year later, Equifax lost your data but faced little fallout

Security Implications of SSH Forwarding

sshd_config manual

SSH Chaining (for jumphosts)

Troy Hunt posts a blog where he argues in favour of publicly shaming companies for bad security

Your phone is NOT your password

Select Star SQL: an interactive book which aims to be the best place to learn SQL

Source Of Evil – A Botnet Code Collection

xsv: A fast CSV command line toolkit written in Rust

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