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 (another) potential issue with Amazon’s Ring doorbell surveillance camera. And finally, we’ll leave you with a decidedly low-tech security tip that you’ll want to remember all year long!
January 9, 2020 • 8 min read
Two-factor authentication, or 2FA, is one of the best cybersecurity tools available to you. The main benefit of two-factor authentication is that it adds another layer of protection to your accounts and services, above and beyond passwords
January 8, 2020 • 11 min read
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 successor to traditional SMS texting. However, there is still some confusion about what RCS is…
January 7, 2020 • 6 min read
Many people are aware that large tech companies like Facebook and Google collect and monetize user data . But privacy advocates are now sounding the alarm about the growing trend of consumer banks and credit card companies doing the same thing.
January 6, 2020 • 8 min read
This January, we’re going to offer you the chance to make some changes which will improve your cybersecurity posture and keep you safer all year long. To do this, we’ll give you some background information on each “cybersecurity New Year’s resolution” and also walk you through the steps needed to take action.
For many people, these may be things that they’ve been putting off for a while — things that they know are important, but which they haven’t gotten around to just yet. If that describes you, now’s the perfect time …
January 2, 2020 • 8 min read
The Checklist is taking a little holiday break this week, but we’ll be back on the 9th of January with a new podcast. Until then, we’d like to invite you to check out these classic Checklists you might have missed, especially as they touch on topics that have been in the news of late!
In what follows, we’ll let you know what’s been going on in the world of cybersecurity for the past week, and then we’ll point you to a Checklist where you can learn more.
This Best of the Checklist …
January 2, 2020 • 5 min read
This year was a big one for cybersecurity news, with plenty of stories worthy of inclusion in a year-end review. We’ll take you through the top stories of 2019 which help us see the shape of things to come.
December 27, 2019 • 8 min read
It’s that time of year again, when kids and adults alike will soon be unwrapping presents and playing with new toys. But if you receive an Internet of Things (IoT) device as a gift, you may want to pay extra attention to the cybersecurity ramifications of adding it to your home network.
Unfortunately, many Internet-enabled home appliances and toys have been found to have serious security weaknesses — weaknesses which malicious actors could exploit.
These can range from the mildly annoying, for example, in the case of “smart” things which get infected …
December 22, 2019 • 6 min read
It’s that time of year again, when Santa makes his list, checks it twice and, well, you know the rest. So in the spirit of the season, we’re going to take a look at some of the top Apple stories of 2019 to see if the company was naughty or nice this year.
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This week’s Checklist topics may sound familiar, but don’t be fooled! We revisit three stories that we’ve talked about before, but which now have some updates worth discussing (spoiler: it’s not all good news!).
On this week’s Checklist, it’s deja vu all over again:
$20 bucks and a security breach on pump four…revisitedLast week’s Communications Limits…revisitedBad passwords…revisited (again)
$20 on four: the case for paper money
Earlier in the year, we covered a story about gas station monitoring software that had serious vulnerabilities — serious enough to attract the attention of the Department of …
December 19, 2019 • 11 min readGeorgia Weidman is a penetration tester, security researcher, writer, trainer, and entrepreneur.
She is the author of a highly-regarded book which teaches the fundamentals of penetration testing, Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking, and has taught security courses and conducted advanced training sessions at such prestigious venues as Black Hat, Tulane University, West Point, and the NSA.
Weidman is also the founder of Shevirah, a company focused on mobile device and Internet of Things (IoT) security, as well as Bulb Security, a cybersecurity …
December 17, 2019 • 13 min read
Cybersecurity firm has changed with threat landscape; looks to future
December 17, 2019 • 3 min read