Tom Cruise and the Leap Second – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 251

• Kirk McElhearn
2 years ago
Categories: Intego Mac Security Podcast
Tags: Intego Mac Podcast

Tom Cruise and the Leap Second – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 251

Tom Cruise is showing up everywhere: landing his helicopter in an English family’s garden; interrupting hikers and leaping off a cliff; and even in deepfake videos. We also look at the leap second, and how taking away one second in time could wreak havoc on computers.

• ‘Tom Cruise is in my Warwickshire garden’
• Tom Cruise apologizes for interrupting couple’s hike before jumping off cliff
• How to spot a deepfake video – featuring Tom Cruise as Iron Man
• Apple’s App Store Comes Under the Spotlight for How It Handles Fake Crypto Apps
• Investigation report about the abuse of the Mac App Store
• Apple blasts Android malware in fierce pushback against iOS sideloading
• Nokia Threat Intelligence Report 2021
• Google pushes back deadline for killing off third-party cookies in Chrome (again) to H2 2024
• Over 3,200 apps leak Twitter API keys, some allowing account hijacks
• Earth is spinning faster than usual and had its shortest day ever
• Leap Seconds List – IETF
• Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet
• It’s time to leave the leap second in the past
• The Inside Story of the Extra Second That Crashed the Web
• Year 2038 problem

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