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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 93: What’s New in Security News

Welcome to Episode 93 of The Checklist. Today, our attention turns towards security and insecurity — but we're not talking about a long-lost Jane Austen...

ElcomSoft Expands WhatsApp Extraction Capabilities to Business Platform

ElcomSoft Expands WhatsApp Extraction Capabilities to Business...

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, is arguably one of the most popular means for secure communication in the world. Facebook says that more...

Checklist 92: Is There a Plumber in the Building?

In many of our recent episodes, we've spent plenty of time talking about data breaches, a subject that often dominates security conversations these days. For...

Checklist 91 – Mix and Match 3.0

The 2018 parade of big tech and security headlines continues, and in recent episodes, we've touched on some pretty big developments. From Cambridge Analytica...

Checklist 90: WHOIS GDPR: A Primer

Imagine if whenever you went to buy something — a car, perhaps — the information you handed over in the purchasing process became public record for anyone...

Versatile Hacking Tool Ported to the Mac Could Pose Risks to Users

Versatile Hacking Tool Ported to the Mac Could Pose Risks to Users

Security researchers use many tools to conduct their work; in many cases, the best way to test a system is to try to break in, because it allows one to...

Researchers Warn of a Vulnerability in Email Encryption Standards

Researchers Warn of a Vulnerability in Email Encryption Standards

Email encryption is supposed to make the content of your emails safer, but according to a team of nine academic researchers, two of the most widely used...

New European Privacy Laws Have Ripple Effect on Online Privacy

New European Privacy Laws Have Ripple Effect on Online Privacy

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a new set of European Union rules that govern the ways businesses and online organizations treat user...

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...

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