Privacy Labels have landed in the App Store for a number of apps. We’ll cover what those are, what they cover, why some apps don’t have them, and what you can do with the information on them.
February 11, 2021 • 7 min read
Last week, someone breached the computer system of a water treatment plant in Florida. According to public officials, the hacker tampered with critical safety settings, making changes that could have released toxic chemicals into the water supply. The Oldsmar water treatment plant hack The incident…
February 10, 2021 • 4 min read
Valentine’s Day 2021 is right around the corner, and the FBI is telling people to be on the lookout for romance scams. In this article, we’ll tell you what romance scams are, how they work, and how you can avoid them. What are romance scams?…
February 4, 2021 • 9 min read
We’ll look at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook this week.
February 4, 2021 • 4 min read
A new iPhone is a ton of fun — but once you have your shiny new device up and running, you should also take a few minutes to configure it for security, privacy, and performance.
February 3, 2021 • 10 min read
Apple has just released macOS Big Sur 11.2 along with the related Security Update 2021-001 Catalina and Security Update 2021-001 Mojave.
February 2, 2021 • 3 min read
This week on the Checklist, iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to discuss all things Zoom.
January 28, 2021 • 6 min read
Apple has just released an important round of updates. The TL;DR is that the iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS updates address vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation (according to reports). If you have a device running any of these operating systems, you should update immediately….
January 27, 2021 • 3 min read
Macs work great right out of the box, but unfortunately, that leads some users to skip over important setup steps — steps that can make them safer.
January 25, 2021 • 7 min read
We’ll look at various states of data, what we have to worry about, and what we can do to mitigate that worry. Plus – A followup to Apple flouting the firewall.
January 21, 2021 • 7 min read
WhatsApp has been in the news a lot over the past week, with critics alleging that the popular Facebook-owned messaging app has become a threat to user privacy.
January 21, 2021 • 5 min read
The COVID-19 vaccines are here, but there have been serious issues with availability and distribution. Sadly, the bad guys are taking advantage of the situation — and of people’s anxieties — with new COVID-19 vaccine scams. Here’s what to watch out for, and how to…
January 18, 2021 • 6 min read
With a new year just underway, we thought we’d look back at five big Mac malware stories for 2020. We’ll talk about FinSpy, GravityRAT, XCSSET, ThiefQuest, and Shlayer.
January 14, 2021 • 7 min read
Adobe Flash reached its end-of-life (EOL) on December 31, 2020, and as of January 12, 2021, any remaining Flash Player installations will be blocked from playing content.
January 11, 2021 • 3 min read
It’s the perfect time to make positive changes, so this week we’re bringing you two cybersecurity-themed New Year’s resolutions that will help keep you safe through 2021 and beyond.
January 7, 2021 • 11 min read
We’ll look back at 5 of the most significant Mac malware finds of 2020.
January 4, 2021 • 10 min readIn something of a reversal of the general trend for last year, a lot of that Apple news was actually good news as well!
December 29, 2020 • 7 min read
Voices of Checklists passed tell us about their favorite hacker movies, including Hackers, WarGames, Sneakers, and Superman III. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what can we learn from them? Snuggle up for The Hacky Holidays Special.
December 24, 2020 • 1 min read
Security researchers have uncovered a surveillance campaign aimed at journalists in the Middle East, claiming that a zero-click iMessage exploit was used to hack their iPhones.stock
December 23, 2020 • 3 min read