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The Checklist by SecureMac

SecureMac presents The Checklist, a weekly Mac security show focused on Apple hardware and ecosystems - that’s Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, as well as the apps and operating systems that run them. The Checklist offers cyber safety tips, online privacy advice, updates, and commentary on the week’s security news — all with a focus on Apple and Apple devices. Hosted by “Mac OS Ken’s” Ken Ray and featuring special guest appearances by cybersecurity experts, The Checklist is a fun, accessible approach to privacy and digital security.
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Now displaying: 2018
Dec 20, 2018

This week: 

  • An 11 year-old wreaks havoc... 
  • A game that is not worth playing...
  • And putting a blind guy behind the wheel…

Nicholas, Nicholas, and August look at their favorite hacker movies on this holiday edition of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.

 

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Dec 13, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

  • An attack on encryption from Down Under
  • Security hardware goes on Safari 
  • China’s got your (room) number

 

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Dec 6, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

More scammy apps turn up in the App Store…
Look for the lock, then look again…
And a few high-profile data breaches.

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Nov 29, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

 

  • Data loss? It’s in the mail!
  • A GrayKey for the rest of us, 
  • And a data exposure that’ll rub you the wrong way

 

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Nov 22, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

  • Names and email addresses exposed by Amazon
  • Make-a-Wish catches a crypto-mining hack
  • And Tim Berners-Lee wants you to control your info online

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Nov 15, 2018

Sadly there is no Checklist this week, but we'd love for you to be part of the next one.

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Nov 8, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

  • New Macs get physical with their mics
  • What’s the Internet for again?
  • And making laws to handle mishandled data

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Nov 1, 2018

Items on this week’s Checklist:

  • A bypass in iOS 12.1 hours after its release
  • Scammy subscriptions and how to stop them
  • GrayKey gets stuck in the lock

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Oct 25, 2018

While macOS Mojave takes great strides to protect user privacy, some third-party developers worry that it secretly goes too far. Critical third party apps may stop working properly without users knowing it. On Checklist 112, Nicholas and Nicholas dive into it. Plus, why doesn’t Apple have a bug bounty program for the Mac? We’ll tackle that, too, on this edition of The Checklist by SecureMac.

 

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Oct 18, 2018

On Checklist 111, Nicholas Raba and Nicholas Ptacek ride again! The principals of SecureMac are back to talk about changes in the latest macOS update, including specific permission requests and notarization for third-party apps. That and more on this edition of The Checklist.

Oct 11, 2018

On Checklist 110 by SecureMac, Nicholas Raba and Nicholas Ptacek are back to talk about security and privacy changes in iOS 12. What’s new with 2FA? How’s Apple guarding against tracking? And why is Siri asking for permission to access my phone? That and more on this edition of The Checklist.

 

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Oct 4, 2018

On Checklist 109 by SecureMac:

- Social Engineering Steals the Show
- Your Face and the Fifth Amendment
- Follow Up Questions on How to Hotel Wifi

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Sep 27, 2018

Checklist listener John write in a few weeks ago with a ton of questions about using hotel wifi: Should you? What’s the best way? And what’s exposed when “all network traffic is exposed?” These questions and many more answered, on Checklist 108 by SecureMac.

 

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Sep 20, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Security concerns break for Newegg,
  • California considers laws for Internet of Things things,
  • and using your phone calls to protect your iPhone.

 

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Sep 13, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac, Nicholas Ptacek joins us to discuss issues in the Mac App Store with Trend Micro, Adware Doctor, and exfiltration of data. Plus - No, the Apple Store is not calling you for your iCloud login (even if caller ID says it is). Apple tells users how to avoid a relatively unknown scam.

 

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Sep 6, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Even if you’re paying, you’re still the product
  • Your kids are a byproduct
  • How things are going with DuckDuckGo

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Aug 30, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Dial V for Vulnerability...
  • Turns out Facebook may NOT have been the best VPN...
  • Spyfone secrets left open...

 

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Aug 23, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • USBHarpooning
  • The Endless War on End-to-End Encryption
  • Google’s game of Hide-and-Seek, Revisited

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Aug 16, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Google’s game of Hide-and-Seek
  • A look at behavioral biometrics
  • And Comcast tells 26.5 million people to relax

 

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Aug 9, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • A case of typosquatting spreading adware
  • The importance of really wiping a device you’re selling
  • Ken’s tale of a data leak standing in line

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Aug 2, 2018

Checklist 100 - It’s Episode 100!

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Who exactly is Exactis - and what do they have on you?
  • News of a Bluetooth vulnerability
  • LifeLock makes a return appearance

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Jul 26, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • China and India and Apple User Data
  • Putting “Restricted” Back in USB Restricted Mode
  • And an Old Con with a New Twist: Your Password!

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Jul 19, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • Chrome fights Spectre Attacks with Site Isolation
  • Developers Reach Into Customer Gmail Bags
  • USB Restricted Mode: Unrestricted

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Jul 12, 2018

On this week’s Checklist by SecureMac:

  • A fake hacker lands in real trouble
  • Zerodium offers big money for the right zero-day
  • The fine line between being the “friendly skies” and the creepy skies

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Jul 5, 2018

News of Note on this week’s Checklist by SecureMac. Topics include:

 

  • Quick Look’s long look flaw
  • An Apple code signing flaw
  • A host of Apple updates
  • Some fraeky Facebook patents
  • La Liga is listening

 

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