TikTok

U.S. Requires Servers to Ban TikTok, WeChat Traffic

On Sunday, Sept. 20, Chinese company ByteDance’s TikTok and WeChat die. President Trump’s executive order, which prohibits any “transactions” with ByteDance thereafter, has now been clarified to note that “transactions” include both ...
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contact tracing

Security Guidelines for Contact Tracing Apps

With pressure mounting for U.S. states to roll out COVID-19 contact tracing apps, the latest reports show that despite some states’ best efforts, we are still a long way from sufficient contact tracing ...
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open source security

FTC Enforcement Action May Open Way for Punishment of Hacker Tools

An FTC suit against a software developer may open the door for prosecution of hacker tools On Oct. 22, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled an enforcement action against a software ...
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apps

Is Your Smartphone App at Risk of Infecting Users?

The time to bring in security during the application development process should not be right before launch We live in a world of threats. They’re all around us in the real world, ...
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FaceApp

Face Off: Privacy Issues Not Confined to FaceApp

The internet and the security community is up in arms and shocked, shocked to see that a web developer is collecting data that you share with them and processing that data in ...
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We Still Use Bad Passwords

Air Canada Resets Customer Passwords After Hackers Access Data

Air Canada is forcing all users of its Mobile+ app to change their passwords after hackers managed to access the profile information, including names, email addresses, birth dates and passport details of ...
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