MacVoices #21116: Paul Ducklin of Sophos on Ransomware and Data Breaches (2)

<p>The second part of our discussion with <strong>Paul Ducklin</strong>, Principal Research Scientist for <strong><a href="https://www.sophos.com">Sophos</a>, </strong>turns to ways to protect yourself from the bad guys when it comes to ransomeware, malware, and data breaches. Some common sense approaches, Paul’s personal top five suggestions, and what to look for in anti-malware software wrap up this very important discussion of keeping you and your data safe. (Part 2)<br /><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.smilesoftware.com" rel="noopener"><img height="73" style="border: 0pt none;" border="0" src="http://www.macvoices.com/ads/SmileLogo2010-Horz-web-500w.jpg" alt="Smile" width="303" class="aligncenter" align="middle" /></a></p> <p>This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at <a href="http://textexpander.com/podcast"><strong>TextExpander.com/podcast</strong></a> and <strong><a href="http://smilesoftware.com/podcast">SmileSoftware.com/podcast</a></strong>.</p> <!--more--> <br /> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Paul Ducklin </strong>is Principal Research Scientist at <a href="https://www.sophos.com"><strong>Sophos</strong></a>.</p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com">The Naked Security by Sophos blog</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Support:</strong></p> <p>     Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon<br />     <a href="http://macvoices.com">http://patreon.com/macvoices</a></p> <p>     Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=VJKN3V6NK7H8A&currency_code=USD&source=url">PayPal</a></p> <p><strong>Connect:</strong></p> <p>     Web:<br />     <a href="http://macvoices.com">http://macvoices.com</a></p> <p>     Twitter:<br />     <a href="http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner">http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner</a><br />     <a href=