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Apple and the FBI

January 23, 2020

The government wants Apple to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone. Are they asking the impossible? In the wake of the December terrorist attack at Naval Air...

Checklist 171: Here, FIDO!

On this week’s Checklist, we’ll see how private your iCloud backups really are; we’ll examine the strange story of how the richest person in the world...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #4: Teach someone about...

January 22, 2020

Over the last three weeks, we’ve given you some suggestions for how to change your habits and improve your personal cybersecurity posture this year. So far,...

Checklist 170: A Great Big List + Home Insecurity

January 16, 2020

On this week’s Checklist, we’ll take a look at someone else’s checklist of security tips, plus we’ll talk about what happens when companies that...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #3: Test your phishing

January 14, 2020

This January, we’re giving you four ways to stay digitally safe in the coming year. We’re calling these “cybersecurity New Year’s resolutions”, but...

The California Consumer Privacy Act

January 13, 2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is legislation designed to protect the digital privacy and consumer rights of residents of the State of California....

Why you should update Firefox right now, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Why you should update Firefox right now, according to the U.S....

January 11, 2020

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an alert about a “critical vulnerability” affecting Mozilla’s Firefox browser. The DHS has advised...

Checklist 169: New Year, New Rules!

January 9, 2020

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...

Cybersecurity New Year’s Resolution #2: Turn on 2FA

January 8, 2020

This time of year offers an opportunity to make long overdue changes — changes which can greatly improve your quality of life in the months and years ahead....

RCS chat: a better SMS for Android?

January 7, 2020

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...

Is your bank a privacy threat?

January 6, 2020

Many people are aware that large tech companies like Facebook and Google collect and monetize user data (sometimes in ways that border on intrusive and...

Best of the Checklist: January 2nd, 2019

January 2, 2020

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...

Cybersecurity in 2019: Top 9 stories that show what the future holds

December 27, 2019

This year was a big one for cybersecurity news, with plenty of stories worthy of inclusion in a year-end review. We’re going to focus on those stories that...

Apple in 2019: Naughty or Nice?

December 20, 2019

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...

Checklist 168: It only FEELS like a recap

December 19, 2019

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...

Georgia Weidman on penetration testing and the future of cybersecurity

Georgia Weidman on penetration testing and the future of

December 17, 2019

Georgia Weidman is a penetration tester, security researcher, writer, trainer, and entrepreneur. She is the author of a highly-regarded book which teaches...

SecureMac marks 20 years of Apple security

Cybersecurity firm has changed with threat landscape; looks to future LAS VEGAS, Nevada (December 11, 2019) — Cybersecurity firm SecureMac marks two...

Checklist 167: Apple updates all of it

December 12, 2019

This edition of the Checklist covers the many updates released by Apple last week. Cupertino rolled out new features and bug fixes for all of its operating...

New fileless malware for macOS linked to Lazarus Group

December 10, 2019

Last week, macOS security expert Patrick Wardle wrote up a new threat aimed at Mac users: a sophisticated, hard-to-detect fileless malware variant. Wardle’s...

Checklist 166: Warnings from the FUN Bureau

December 6, 2019

On this week’s Checklist, we’ll look at some dumb ways to buy a smartwatch. We’ll share a PSA from the FBI. And we’ll talk politics and app security...

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