Ransomware, WhatsApp Spyware - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 5

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this week's episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton discuss the woes of ransomware (and the companies that claim to fight it), a vector for spyware injection in WhatsApp, and much more.

This is the CS50 Podcast.

Links to the articles in this episode:

FCC Robocall Banning Proposal


Virtual Kidnappings


"High-Tech" Ransomware Solutions


WhatsApp Vulnerability


ZombieLoad Intel Exploit


Unlimited Google Drive


Microsoft Patches Older Windows'


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