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4. Exotic Liability,
5. Security Justice,
6. RB2,
7. Security Wire Weekly,
8. Radio Free Security,
9. SecuraBit,
10. Security Bites,
11. CSOONLINE.com Feed - Podcast,
12. RunAs Radio,
13. CERTs Podcast Series: Security for Business Leaders,
14. Symantec Security Response Podcasts,
15. Crypto-Gram Security Podcast,
16. CyberSpeaks Podcast,
17. CERTStation Radio,
18. The Streetwise Security Zone Podcast

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Misc. / Personal Projects

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2. Codename: TutelaNet,
3. Astalavista Folding@Home Team

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Website security

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Forensics

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Hardware hacking

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