SecurityWith time ticking down, you may be ordering IoT things for holiday gifts. Be sure what you’re buying is safe! We’ve got a Checklist for that. Plus – 33 vulnerabilities pose a threat to “millions” of IoT devices.
December 10, 2020 • 6 min read
SecurityIf you’re going to be doing some online holiday shopping in the next week or two, here are 5 things you can do to protect yourself from the kind of scam ads you may encounter on Facebook and other social platforms.
December 8, 2020 • 5 min read
SecurityA researcher at Google’s Project Zero has just announced a zero-click iOS exploit capable of wirelessly hacking nearby iPhones. As iOS exploits go, this one is a pretty big deal!
December 7, 2020 • 7 min read
SecurityiCloud Keychain is Apple’s native password management solution for iOS and macOS, but it does more than just remember passwords! Keychain can be used to store credit card details to make online payments, remember Wi-Fi network passwords for faster logins when you’re on the go, and help you seamlessly access your social accounts.
While iCloud Keychain is pretty familiar to anyone who uses an iPhone or a Mac, it also has some less well-known features that you should be aware of.
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December 3, 2020 • 5 min read
SecurityYou trust Apple. You trust the firewall you’ve set up on your Mac. But – do you trust Apple to decide what your firewall should stop and what it shouldn’t? Patrick Wardle joins us to discuss the issue on Checklist 209 – brought to you by SecureMac.
December 3, 2020 • 10 min read
SecurityE-skimmers are an increasingly common cyberthreat that everyone should be aware of, as these malicious tools can be used to steal credit card details and more.
December 1, 2020 • 6 min read
SecurityIt’s the end of an era: the long-awaited end-of-life (EOL) for Adobe Flash will arrive on December 31, 2020. After that, Adobe and its partners will no longer support Flash, and the software will receive no additional updates.
In this short article, we’ll answer some common questions about this important transition, and let you know what it means in terms of security and privacy.
What is Flash?
Flash is a software platform that can be used to create graphics, animations, games, and embedded video players. At its height, Flash was widely used by …
November 30, 2020 • 4 min read
SecurityInternet of Things (IoT) devices can make great gifts, but the IoT in general is notoriously insecure — and with IoT threats on the rise, that’s a real cause for concern.
November 23, 2020 • 4 min read
SecurityThe holiday season is here again…but this year, of course, is a little bit different. With more of us shopping from home than ever before, we’ll show you the safest ways to buy gifts online. On this Checklist, we cover:
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Safe shopping: a Checklist checklist
Checklist listeners may be familiar with some of the following tips, but it’s always a good idea to review best practices every so often—and especially around this time of year, when scams and cyberattacks are at their peak. …
November 19, 2020 • 8 min read
SecurityThe film marks its 25th anniversary this year, and we caught up with Santiago to talk about the making of Hackers; the movie’s enduring legacy, and what it means to him personally; and the relationship between technology and the arts
November 13, 2020 • 15 min read
SecuritymacOS Big Sur has arrived. Or, we’ve gotten to Big Sur. Whatever the case, there’s a host of new privacy and security features in the Mac’s latest operating system. We’re talking over some of them with SecureMac’s Nick Leon on Checklist 207.
November 12, 2020 • 8 min read
SecurityWe browser extensions that function as digital shopping assistants are becoming increasingly popular, but like any piece of software, shopping extensions have potential security ramifications.
November 12, 2020 • 5 min read
SecurityApple just held its final Special Event of the year, aptly called “One More Thing”. This fall’s previous events had focused on the new 5G iPhones and the latest iPad and Apple Watch models.
November 11, 2020 • 5 min read
SecurityApple has just updated all of its OSes. These updates include critical security patches for vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.
November 6, 2020 • 3 min read
SecurityThis week on the Checklist, we’ll look at why some analysts think Apple could be gearing up to challenge Google’s search supremacy. We’ll discuss: Why people think Apple is getting into search, and What an Apple search engine could mean for privacy.
November 5, 2020 • 6 min read
SecurityThe web is abuzz with rumors that Apple is poised to challenge Google’s search supremacy. In this short article, we’ll tell you why people think Cupertino may be building a search engine of its own, and say what it could mean for the future of privacy.
What are the analysts seeing?
According to a report published in The Financial Times, search marketing professionals have noted a significant uptick in Applebot activity. Applebot is Apple’s proprietary web crawler, a bot that browses the web for the purpose of indexing and ranking web pages …
October 30, 2020 • 4 min read
SecurityThis week on the Checklist, we’ll cover two timely topics: cyberattacks on hospitals, and a voting contingency plan.
October 29, 2020 • 4 min read
SecurityVoters in several U.S. states have received threatening emails telling them to vote for incumbent presidential candidate Donald Trump, and vowing to “come after” them if they do not comply. U.S. officials now say that Iran was behind the emails, and that their goal was to create chaos and to undermine the legitimacy of the upcoming elections.
In this short piece, we’ll tell you what we know about this threat, and give you some tips on how to protect yourself and others.
What was in the emails?
The emails targeted voters in several …
October 23, 2020 • 7 min read
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
SecuritySecurity researchers have just announced the discovery of Android and macOS variants of GravityRAT, a Windows spyware threat that’s been around since at least 2016.
October 20, 2020 • 4 min read
