Blog
Checklist 220: Malware and the M1 with Patrick Wardle
This week on the Checklist, security researcher Patrick Wardle joins us to discuss the new Silver Sparrow malware variant.
February 25, 2021 • 6 min read
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Blog
Checklist 219: Teaching Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Pros with Robert Speciale
This week on The Checklist, we talk with award-winning educator Robert Speciale, whose innovative program is teaching cybersecurity to high school students
February 18, 2021 • 5 min read
Security News
Checklist 218: Reading the Privacy Nutrition Labels
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
Security News
Checklist 217: The State of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
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
Security News
Checklist 216: Zooming into 2021
This week on the Checklist, iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to discuss all things Zoom.
January 28, 2021 • 6 min read
Apple
Checklist 215: Seriously Locking Down Your iPhone
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
Security News
Checklist 214: Five Big Mac Malware Stories from 2020
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
Security News
Checklist 213: New Year Security Resolutions
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
Security News
Checklist 212: The Hacky Holidays Special
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 News
Checklist 211: Avoiding a Scammy New Year
The holidays! A time of love, warmth, and good cheer. Also, prime time for scammers. We’ll look at some delivery scams and how to avoid them.
December 17, 2020 • 9 min read
Security News
Checklist 210: Shopping for Internet of Things Things
With 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
Security News
Checklist 209: Apple Flouts the Firewall
You 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