SecurityThe 2020 U.S. elections are just days away, and cybercriminals — some motivated by politics, others by financial gain — are stepping up their attacks. We’ll let you know what’s happening on this edition of the Checklist.
Voter intimidation emails attributed to Iran
We’ve talked before about the issue of foreign adversaries attempting to interfere with the upcoming U.S. elections, but this week a disturbing new development came to light.
According to the FBI and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Russia and Iran have obtained the voter registration data of American citizens, …
October 22, 2020 •
8 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we’ll cover:
How Macs are perceived in the enterpriseAn addendum to last week’s T2 storyA checklist of security tips from the NCSA
Survey says…
Do you feel like your Mac is the best choice for security? You’re not alone.
A recent survey conducted by enterprise software management platform Jamf asked businesses—both ones that used Macs and ones that didn’t—what they thought about the Mac in terms of security.
Across the board, 77% of all organizations polled said that they believed the Mac to be more secure “out of the box”, though …
October 15, 2020 •
10 min read
SecurityThis week’s big news: an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability affecting Apple’s T2 security chip! But how serious is it, really? We spoke with Mac security expert Patrick Wardle to separate the facts from the clickbait headlines. We’ll cover:
the technical backgroundwho’s impacted (and what they can do)
Parsing the T2 story
The Apple security community was abuzz this week with news of an unpatchable vulnerability in the T2 security chip found in newer Macs.
To begin with, a quick refresher: The T2 chip is essentially a co-processor that handles much of the Mac’s security functionality, …
October 8, 2020 •
5 min read
BlogOctober is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the National Cybersecurity Alliance has kicked things off by releasing some timely recommendations for 2020.
October 2, 2020 •
8 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we discuss a rapidly changing App Store story, we talk about streaming services and privacy, and we show you how to keep your wits in a cybersecurity emergency.
September 28, 2020 •
7 min read
SecurityWith iOS 14 out for less than 24-hours, now is an excellent time to look at some of its privacy improvements. Nick Leon joins us to address them.
September 17, 2020 •
11 min read
SecurityDid you know that some podcasts actually track their listeners? Rob joins us today to talk about how the tracking occurs and about a new tool on the way to fight it.
September 10, 2020 •
7 min read
SecurityOn this Checklist, we talk with cloud security expert Dominique West. The conversation covers career paths in infosec, today’s changing threat landscape, common misconceptions about cloud security, and the importance of community to the industry.
September 3, 2020 •
15 min read
SecuritySecurity pro Patrick Wardle is writing a book, and he may just want your help. We’ll cover some Mac malware basics, talk about the book he’s writing, and how the security and Mac communities can help on episode 196 of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.
August 27, 2020 •
17 min read
SecurityThe 2020 U.S. election is under attack. Who’s doing it? Why? How? And what can we do stop it? SecureMac’s Nick Leon joins us to talk it over.
August 20, 2020 •
12 min read
SecurityThis week, The Checklist takes you inside yet another high-profile Bitcoin scam, this time affecting YouTube. We’ll talk about what happened, and then discuss the technical details of the compromise.
August 14, 2020 •
15 min read
SecurityWe’re bringing you a WWDC outtake: an off-the-cuff, practically off-mic discussion of WWDCs past — as well as the roles Apple execs play.
August 6, 2020 •
3 min read