S6:E4 - Trojan Source Attacks, Features in .NET 6, Another Apple Settlement, and No More Contacting Employees Off Hours...At Least in Portugal

In this episode, we talk about a new Apple settlement and a big win for workers in Portugal. Then we speak with Nicholas Boucher, PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge about new research into something they are calling a “Trojan Source” attack. And finally, we chat with Safia Abdalla, senior software engineer at Microsoft about new updates and features in the recently released .NET 6.

Show Notes

• DevDiscuss (sponsor)
• CodeNewbie (sponsor)
• HackAtom (DevNews) (sponsor)
• Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (DevNews) (sponsor)
• Apple to Pay $30 Million Over Store Workers’ Security Checks
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-13/apple-to-pay-30-million-over-security-checks-for-store-workers
• Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities
• Announcing .NET 6 — The Fastest .NET Yet

Nicholas Boucher

Nicholas Boucher is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge and a graduate of Harvard University. He performs research on the security of systems ranging from machine learning pipelines to compilers.

Safia Abdalla

Safia Abdalla helps build open source web frameworks at Microsoft and helps build the Nteract Solutions universe.

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