Thursday, January 18
TOP STORY
More chime in on Meltdown and Spectre: Andrew Myers looks at Meltdown, Spectre, and why hardware can be correct yet insecure, and Colin Percival offers Some thoughts on Meltdown and Spectre.
HACKTIVITY
heap-use-after-free in OP_RESCUE [3 upvotes] - $800 bounty for this report to shopify-scripts by @ahihi. And have yourself a day @ahihi, see also 295380 and 296198
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TWEET OF THE DAY
An ode to the simple (nice) bug. - @rpfitzpatrick
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Hawaii misfired its missile warning system, and then invited press to photograph their ops war room. #opsecfail
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