Checklist 238: The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
What do Star Trek, Star Wars, and Will Smith have to do with cybersecurity? Find out on The Checklist’s Summer Security Blockbusters episode!
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SecureMac presents The Checklist. Each week, Ken Ray and guests hit security topics. 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!
What do Star Trek, Star Wars, and Will Smith have to do with cybersecurity? Find out on The Checklist’s Summer Security Blockbusters episode!
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A giant data leak at LinkedIn. Is your medical data being shared without your consent? And a listener writes in about ID in Apple Wallet.
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On this Checklist, we’ll talk about ID in Apple Wallet. We’ll cover what it is, why some people are worried about security, and more.
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Security cameras that may not get the job done … and may not be secure. Apple beefs up AirTag security. And a surprising change in iOS.
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On this edition of The Checklist, we talk about all the security and privacy news out of WWDC21 with developer August Trometer.
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This week: Scams targeting the UK, phishing scams aimed at workers returning to the office, and an update on the Venmo privacy story …
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On this week’s Checklist, we’ll talk about Venmo’s privacy issues — and we’ll tell you why it’s update time again!
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This week in security news: The Mac’s malware problem | The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack | An App Tracking Transparency bug fix
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This week on The Checklist: Google Play privacy nutrition labels, AirTag and child safety issues, and the very first AirTag “hack”!
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0-days, WebKit, and Apple’s intentional vagueness. We discuss this week’s updates (and what they mean) with August Trometer.
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On this week’s Checklist: How to unlock an iPhone while wearing a mask; App Tracking Transparency; and a BIG security update for macOS.
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AirTag is finally here. On this Checklist, we’ll tell you what it is, why some competitors are crying foul, and how it protects your privacy.
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A Facebook data breach has exposed 500 million + users. On this episode of the Checklist: Details, how to check if you were affected, and staying safe.
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Award-winning educator Robert Speciale shares strategies for communicating security and privacy concepts to today’s kids.
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A closer look at the recent Hobby Lobby data breach; talking about common misconceptions about “the cloud” with a cloud security expert.
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If you spend any time on the socials, you’ve heard people talk about Clubhouse. It’s been around for close to a year, though it’s really taken off over the past few months. We’ll look at its safety, then look at Privacy Labels with Clubhouse as a sort of yardstick.
Trouble in the Clubhouse?
Clubhouse is a new social media platform that’s drawing all kinds of attention. At the moment, it’s still in beta testing, and is only available as an iOS app.
So what does Clubhouse do? It’s actually pretty simple. The app …
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On this podcast, we talk about avoiding tax scams both new and old. We cover “classic” tax scams as well as 2021 tax scams.
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Apple has three great checklists that we’re featuring on this week’s eposide: If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts, If you want to stop sharing with someone whom you previously shared with, and If you want to make sure no one else can see your location.
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This week on the Checklist, security researcher Patrick Wardle joins us to discuss the new Silver Sparrow malware variant.
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This week on The Checklist, we talk with award-winning educator Robert Speciale, whose innovative program is teaching cybersecurity to high school students
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