The Checklist by SecureMac

With a new year just underway, we thought we'd look back at five big Mac malware stories for 2020. SecureMac's Nick Leon joins us to talk about FinSpy, GravityRAT, XCSSET, ThiefQuest, and Shlayer.

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The start of a new year is a great time to start strengthen your digital security. Today, we hit two security resolution:

- Get and Use a Password Manager

- Turn on Two-Factor Authentication

Find out more on the first Checklist of 2021 - brought to you by SecureMac.

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An 11 year-old wreaks havoc...

A game that is not worth playing...

And putting a blind guy behind the wheel…

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 - brought to you by SecureMac.

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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 with SecureMac's Nick Leon. Plus - news of the COVID-19 vaccines brings - you guessed it - more scams. Avoiding a Scammy New Year on Checklist 211, brought to you by SecureMac.

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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. We'll talk AMNESIA: 33 on Checklist 210, brought to you by SecureMac.

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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.

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Heading into Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we've got two checklists on this week's Checklist - The first is sort of a basic guide to online shopping, while the second covers how to safely use browser extensions for shopping securely.

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macOS Big Sur has arrived. Or, we've gotten to Big Sur. Whatever the case, there's a host of new privacy and security features in the Mac's latest operating system. We're talking over some of them with SecureMac's Nick Leon on Checklist 207.

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Some say Apple is building a search engine. Others say Apple's strengthening search in Siri. Whatever it's doing, Apple is up to something in search that could have privacy implications. We're talking over the possibilities with SecureMac's Nick Leon on Checklist 206.

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US officials say there are credible threats of ransomeware attacks aimed at hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities across the country. Plus - It's too late to mail in your mail-in ballot for next Tuesday's general election. We'll hear what experts say you should do if you failed to get yours in the mail.

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