Korean-language phishing targets interest in the Winter Olympics. Unrest continues in Iran. Meltdown and Spectre updates. Aadhaar security. Admiral Rogers will retire this spring from NSA.

In today's podcast we hear that someone is phishing for hockey enthusiasts during the run-up to the Winter Olympics. Continued unrest in Iran, with more arrests. More on Meltdown and Spectre, as most experts agree you should apply the mitigations being offered. Intel receives much hostile scrutiny over the chip bugs, but other vendor's processes are affected, too. India says Aadhaar is secure, but many aren't so sure. Admiral Rogers will retire as NSA Director this spring. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on legislation to enable hacking back, ACDC, the Active Cyber Defense Certainty act. Marcus Hutchins' attorneys want his confession to involvement with Kronos thrown out. 

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