We’ll explain how Speculative Store Bypass works, and the new mitigation techniques that are inbound.

Plus this week’s security news has a bit of a theme, and we share some great war stories sent into the show.

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Links:

• Security Flaw Impacts Electron-Based Apps
• Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
• Another severe flaw in Signal desktop app lets hackers steal your chats in plaintext
• Critical Linux Flaw Opens the Door to Full Root Access | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
• Microsoft, Google: We've found a fourth data-leaking Meltdown-Spectre CPU hole • The Register
• Speculative Store Bypass explained: what it is, how it works
• TechSNAP Episode 351: Performance Meltdown
• Dave's Users flip the switch!
• Dave's War Story is really Screwy!
• Egon's Adventures in misslabled VMs