U.S. Launches National Security Probe Into Chinese-Owned App TikTok

U.S. Launches National Security Probe Into Chinese-Owned App TikTok The Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has reportedly launched a national security investigation into TikTok, a rapidly growing video-streaming and social media app owned by Chinese social media company ByteDance. TikTok, which has more than 110 million downloads in the […]

Google Expands Scope of One Bug Bounty Program, Launches Another

Google has decided to expand the scope of one of its bug bounty programs as well as launch another security rewards initiative. On 29 August, Android Security & Privacy team members Adam Bacchus, Sebastian Porst, and Patrick Mutchler announced that the Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) will now cover all Google Play apps with […]

Google launches Chrome extension for reporting suspicious sites

Google has announced two new features aimed at protecting users from deceptive and malicious websites: A new type of warning that will direct users away from sites that have confusing URLs (e.g., typosquatting sites), and A new extension that will warn about potentially dodgy sites and make it easy for users to report them to […]

Facebook Launches Cryptocurrency To Shake Up Global Finance

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Apple Launches Privacy-Focused ‘Sign in with Apple ID’ Feature at WWDC 2019

Just like ‘login with Google,’ ‘login with Facebook,’ Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media site, you would now be able to quickly sign-up and log into third-party websites and apps using your Apple ID. What’s the difference? Well, Apple claims that signing-in with Apple ID would protect users’ privacy by not disclosing their actual […]