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What is Doxware?

February 17, 2020

Ransomware is a major security threat which affects individuals, businesses, and governments. Over the past few years, researchers have noticed an increase in...

Checklist 173: Are you smarter than the average startup?

February 13, 2020

On this week's Checklist, we'll talk about the malware that’s infected millions of Macs worldwide, a social media service with data privacy issues, and the...

3 Common Valentine’s Day scams (and how to avoid them)

February 10, 2020

It’s almost Valentine’s Day … but Cupid isn’t the only one looking for targets. Every year, hackers and scammers take advantage of people’s emotions...

The SecureMac Interview: Voatz on mobile voting

February 9, 2020

Voatz is a privately-owned mobile voting platform backed by blockchain technology. The company began somewhat spontaneously — founder Nimit Sawhney built...

Best of the Checklist: February 6th, 2020

February 6, 2020

The Checklist is taking a brief hiatus, but will return next week with a new show. In the meantime, check out these Checklists from the archives — specially...

8 Tips to Keep your iPhone Healthy and Safe

January 31, 2020

Your iPhone is a marvel of engineering: slick, powerful, and easy to use. But it’s also a complex device, with lots of little-known features — and it’s...

Apple Updates macOS, iOS, and more

January 30, 2020

Apple has released updated versions of its major operating systems, with some important bug fixes and security patches. In this brief article, we’ll take...

Checklist 172: A Ring of Trouble

On this week's Checklist, we'll revisit the issues with Amazon's Ring, take another look at iCloud backups, and hit the highlights from Apple’s latest round...

6 Things to Know about Open Firmware Password Protection

January 29, 2020

Macs are very safe computers, but they’re not immune to attacks — or to theft. Luckily, your Mac has some hidden features that can be enabled for extra...

Apple in space: 7 things you should know

January 28, 2020

Toward the end of last year, reports and rumors surfaced about a top-secret Apple program to develop satellite communications technology. Here are 7...

Apple and the FBI

January 23, 2020

The government wants Apple to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone. Are they asking the impossible? In the wake of the December terrorist attack at Naval Air...

Checklist 171: Here, FIDO!

On this week’s Checklist, we’ll see how private your iCloud backups really are; we’ll examine the strange story of how the richest person in the world...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #4: Teach someone about...

January 22, 2020

Over the last three weeks, we’ve given you some suggestions for how to change your habits and improve your personal cybersecurity posture this year. So far,...

Checklist 170: A Great Big List + Home Insecurity

January 16, 2020

On this week’s Checklist, we’ll take a look at someone else’s checklist of security tips, plus we’ll talk about what happens when companies that...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #3: Test your phishing

January 14, 2020

This January, we’re giving you four ways to stay digitally safe in the coming year. We’re calling these “cybersecurity New Year’s resolutions”, but...

The California Consumer Privacy Act

January 13, 2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is legislation designed to protect the digital privacy and consumer rights of residents of the State of California....

Why you should update Firefox right now, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Why you should update Firefox right now, according to the U.S....

January 11, 2020

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an alert about a “critical vulnerability” affecting Mozilla’s Firefox browser. The DHS has advised...

Checklist 169: New Year, New Rules!

January 9, 2020

It’s the first Checklist of 2020, and we’re starting things off with some important privacy news from the great state of California. We’ll also discuss...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #2: Turn on 2FA

January 8, 2020

This time of year offers an opportunity to make long overdue changes — changes which can greatly improve your quality of life in the months and years ahead....

RCS chat: a better SMS for Android?

January 7, 2020

Android has started rolling out Rich Communication Services (RCS) chat features to users of its Messages app, touting this as a better, more up-to-date...

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