SecurityChecklist 323: The Principal and the Thief
Two new tax malware attacks—and the sad story of a principal who thought she was talking to Elon Musk
April 10, 2023 • 3 min read •
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Checklist 321: Not Phoning It In
ICE breaks its own rules; Customer Proprietary Network Information and your privacy; the Kremlin ditches smartphones.
Checklist 216: Zooming into 2021
This week on the Checklist, iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to discuss all things Zoom.
Checklist 139: 2FA 101
We mention two-factor authentication quite a bit, but it’s been a while since we took a close look. On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac: Different types of authentication, What kinds of accounts should employ it, and August tells a 2FA tale.
Checklist 132: Soup, Salad, and a Security Breach
Do you eat at restaurants? Do you use a phone? Do you even, dare we ask… go shopping? Then boy, do we have an episode for you this week! These might sound like mundane questions, but with this week’s stories, we’ll see that sometimes that’s…
April 4, 2019 • 12 min read •
Checklist 128: The Matrix, the Bounty, and the Electronic Frontier
On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac: Hear ye, the Thunderclap, Google’s Project Zero hits Apple & The EFF wants encryption in the cloud.
March 7, 2019 • 10 min read •
Checklist 127: Once More, with Facebook!
On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac: Popular Apps Send Your Info to Facebook, The State of Play for Consumer Privacy, Pulling the Plug on Onavo Protect, Which Nests are Miked-Up, The Senate Wants to See Google’s CEO
February 28, 2019 • 10 min read •
Checklist 125: Pirates on the Enterprise
On this week’s episode we talk about: apps that record what you’re up to, pirates on the Enterprise, and 2FA has a day in court (for some reason).
February 14, 2019 • 11 min read •
Checklist 123: Longtime Listener, FaceTime Caller
One story today… with lots of little stories nestled inside… Longtime Listener, FaceTime Caller… time to hit the Checklist.
January 31, 2019 • 11 min read •
Checklist 115: A Cornucopia of Security Stuffing
We’re stuffed on security news this week, with a cornucopia of subjects to sort through in our discussion. We’ll be chatting about a major online retailer fumbling with some of your data just before the biggest shopping season of the year, as well as crypto-miners…
November 22, 2018 • 11 min read •
Checklist 101: Picture Imperfect
The summer marches on, and so does the parade of headlines and security concerns. From sneaky websites pretending to be someone they are not, to creepy social media spying thanks to an old and supposedly broken phone, and onward to concerns about requests for your…
August 9, 2018 • 12 min read •
Checklist 94: Facebook & Friends: More Privacy Concerns
Facebook quietly funneled private user data to device-makers like Apple via hidden partnerships. The New York Times exposes how this sharing bypassed privacy settings and extended third-party access well beyond Facebook’s platform.
June 21, 2018 • 15 min read •
The Checklist 78: The Perils and Pitfalls of Old Software and Hardware
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: hackers breaking into the computers in our homes and businesses by exploiting weaknesses in old hardware or…
March 1, 2018 • 13 min read •
The Checklist 76: Apple Watch and Security
Way back in 2007, Apple released the iPhone and changed the world overnight by putting the power of an iPod, a phone, and the Internet right in our pockets. The iPhone quickly relegated the iPod to the annals of history, and for better or worse, it all but killed the wristwatch too. Then Apple decided it was time to bring the watch back to life — and thus, the Apple Watch was born.
February 15, 2018 • 13 min read •
Checklist 70: Apple’s No Good Very Bad Security Quarter
For more than a year, we’ve been taking a little time every week here at The Checklist to bring you a podcast focused on and around the security of the Mac, iOS devices, and the Apple platform in general. We all know that was silly,…
January 4, 2018 • 13 min read •
Checklist 67: The Latest Security Features in iOS 11: Part Two
Recently, in episode 66, we looked at the latest security features Apple has built into macOS. Last week, we began to explore what’s new and different in iOS 11. While the basics of iOS haven’t changed in some time, time and different development approaches mean…
December 14, 2017 • 11 min read •