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SecureMac presents The Checklist. Each week, Nicholas Raba, Nicholas Ptacek, and Ken Ray hit security topics for your Mac and iOS devices. From getting an old iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, and other Apple gear ready to sell to the first steps to take to secure new hardware, each show contains a set of easy to follow steps meant to keep you safe from identity thieves, hackers, malware, and other digital downfalls. Check in each Thursday for a new Checklist!

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Checklist 89: Router Rundown

There are some items of technology in our lives that are so standard and ubiquitous because of how fundamental they are to the way things work that it’s very...

Apple Supplements macOS Security Update to Address Wide-Reaching Flaw

Only a few weeks after the recent release of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Apple has amended the update by publishing an additional fix under this version number....

Checklist 88: GrayKey’s Anatomy

How do you unlock your iPhone when you need to use it? Apple gives us a ton of options when it comes to keeping our information safe from prying eyes and...

Checklist 87: The Anatomy of a Data Breach, Part 2

Welcome to Episode 87. Last week, we took an in-depth look at data breaches: from how they happen to a few of the biggest ones, and of course, what you can do...

Checklist 86: The Anatomy of a Data Breach, Part 1

During the course of your day, buy things, like gas, food, & lodging. Do you pay cash for all those things — or do you try to go back in time and operate...

Checklist 85: Facebook Follies

When you log on to Facebook, do you still feel like you're having fun? The social network used to be an awesome place to reconnect with old friends and keep in...

Checklist 84: Machine learning. Deep learning. Neural networks....

Machine learning. Deep learning. Neural networks. Artificial intelligence... it's starting to feel like we're in an Isaac Asimov novel! For this week's episode...

Latest Round of Apple Security Updates Includes iOS 11.3

After more than a month since the last big "patch day" for Apple products, the Cupertino company has now released to the public a new slew of updates that...

Checklist 83: More Security Fails

It's that time again — time for us to pull back for a "big picture" look at some of the big missteps in computer security over the recent weeks and months....

Checklist 82: Security threats targeting macOS and iOS

In every respect, 2018 has hit the ground running at a breakneck pace when it comes to new security threats targeting macOS and iOS — and it shows no signs...

SecureMac Tackles Tough Privacy Concerns with PrivacyScan 1.9.4

SecureMac Tackles Tough Privacy Concerns with PrivacyScan 1.9.4

Las Vegas, Nevada — Concern for personal privacy in the digital world is at an all-time high, and with prominent stories about data breaches and leaks on the...

Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

For several years now, a fierce debate has raged over how much access law enforcement organizations (LEOs) should be able to have to the mobile devices of...

Checklist 81: Facebook’s Privacy Failures Leave You in the Cold

If you've been listening to the news recently, you've probably heard the name "Cambridge Analytica" come up — and all kinds of stories about the data firm's...

Some Apps on the Mac App Store Are Mining Cryptocurrency

The wave of cryptocurrency miners taking the place of common malware continues in 2018 unabated, and it appears every week we encounter another story about a...

The Checklist 80: Digital Legacies

For all our listeners of The Checklist, it is no secret that we are strong advocates for security. Usually, we come on this show to talk about how to secure...

Checklist 79: Cryptocurrency and Your Web Browser

Last year, we visited the subject of Bitcoin and the technology behind it, the blockchain, in Episode 59 of The Checklist. In just a few short months since...

The Checklist 78: The Perils and Pitfalls of Old Software and

In the time since we started The Checklist, we've reported on and discussed a variety of stories that, time and time again, come back to the same foundation:...

Apple Patches Yet Another Phone-Crashing Text Bug

Apple Patches Yet Another Phone-Crashing Text Bug

February 26, 2018

We've recently seen a series of bugs on iOS and macOS devices that all follow a similar pattern: maliciously-formed links or simple emojis and text strings...

The Checklist 77: Mix and Match Part II

February 22, 2018

As 2018 continues, so does the flood of new stories, threats, and developments in the security world. Just recently, we reached into the grab bag to take a...

iPhone Source Code Leak Could Open the Floodgates for Hackers

February 20, 2018

A key piece of Apple’s iPhone source code may be out in the wild. On February 7, someone posted something called “iBoot” on GitHub. GitHub is a popular...

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